#D6C459#D6C459

#D6C459 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.129 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6C459
RGB	rgb(214, 196, 89)
HSL	hsl(51, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(51, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 58.4%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.75, -6.74, 54.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.75, 55.30, 97.00°)
OKLab	oklab(81.45% -0.022 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(81.45% 0.129 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.2765, 54.4993, 17.3730)
Luminance	0.5450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6C459 #596BD6

analogous

#D68659 #D6C459 #AAD659

triadic

#D6C459 #59D6C4 #C459D6

tetradic

#D6C459 #59D686 #596BD6 #D659AA

square

#D6C459 #59D686 #596BD6 #D659AA

split-complementary

#D6C459 #59AAD6 #8659D6

monochromatic

#918124 #C2AD30 #D6C459 #E2D58A #EEE7BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#D6C459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.90

#D6C459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6C459

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6C459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6C459	1.00	1.76	11.90	11.90
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5B7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6c459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 196, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.129 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d58b',
    500: '#d6c459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6c459;
$custom-light: #e5d58b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6c459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.36,
    "s": 60.386,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81453,
    "c": 0.12887,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6C459

secondary

#3D4A96

accent

#5BE444

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6C459

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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