#D6C461#D6C461

#D6C461 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.122 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6C461
RGB	rgb(214, 196, 97)
HSL	hsl(51, 59%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(51, 55%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 54.7%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.83, -6.14, 51.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.83, 51.64, 96.82°)
OKLab	oklab(81.54% -0.0194 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(81.54% 0.122 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.6309, 54.6410, 19.2394)
Luminance	0.5464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6C461 #6173D6

analogous

#D68961 #D6C461 #ADD661

triadic

#D6C461 #61D6C4 #C461D6

tetradic

#D6C461 #61D689 #6173D6 #D661AD

square

#D6C461 #61D689 #6173D6 #D661AD

split-complementary

#D6C461 #61ADD6 #8961D6

monochromatic

#968527 #C6B033 #D6C461 #E3D692 #EFE8C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#D6C461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.93

#D6C461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6C461

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6C461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6C461	1.00	1.76	11.93	11.93
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BF58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C666

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5B8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6c461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 196, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.122 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d591',
    500: '#d6c461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6c461;
$custom-light: #e5d591;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6c461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 58.794,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81544,
    "c": 0.12167,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6C461

secondary

#404E9B

accent

#39C61F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6C461

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

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