#D6C550#D6C550

#D6C550 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.137 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6C550
RGB	rgb(214, 197, 80)
HSL	hsl(52, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(52, 63%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 62.6%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.93, -7.87, 59.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.93, 59.59, 97.59°)
OKLab	oklab(81.57% -0.0263 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(81.57% 0.137 101)
XYZ	xyz(49.1477, 54.8099, 15.5784)
Luminance	0.5481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6C550 #5061D6

analogous

#D68250 #D6C550 #A4D650

triadic

#D6C550 #50D6C5 #C550D6

tetradic

#D6C550 #50D682 #5061D6 #D650A4

square

#D6C550 #50D682 #5061D6 #D650A4

split-complementary

#D6C550 #50A4D6 #8250D6

monochromatic

#8B7E21 #BDAA2C #D6C550 #E2D582 #EDE6B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#D6C550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#D6C550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6C550

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6C550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6C550	1.00	1.76	11.96	11.96
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC656

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5B8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6c550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 197, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.137 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d686',
    500: '#d6c550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6c550;
$custom-light: #e6d686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6c550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.388,
    "s": 62.037,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81569,
    "c": 0.13722,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.54808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6C550

secondary

#394491

accent

#57E543

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6C550

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

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