#D6C551#D6C551

#D6C551 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.136 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6C551
RGB	rgb(214, 197, 81)
HSL	hsl(52, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(52, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 62.1%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.94, -7.80, 58.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.94, 59.17, 97.58°)
OKLab	oklab(81.58% -0.026 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(81.58% 0.136 101)
XYZ	xyz(49.1850, 54.8248, 15.7744)
Luminance	0.5482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6C551 #5162D6

analogous

#D68351 #D6C551 #A4D651

triadic

#D6C551 #51D6C5 #C551D6

tetradic

#D6C551 #51D683 #5162D6 #D651A4

square

#D6C551 #51D683 #5162D6 #D651A4

split-complementary

#D6C551 #51A4D6 #8351D6

monochromatic

#8C7E21 #BDAB2D #D6C551 #E2D683 #EDE6B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#D6C551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#D6C551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6C551

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6C551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6C551	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)

#D6C044

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC657

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5B8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6c551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 197, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.136 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d687',
    500: '#d6c551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6c551;
$custom-light: #e6d687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6c551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.331,
    "s": 61.86,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81578,
    "c": 0.13643,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.54823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6C551

secondary

#3A4592

accent

#58E543

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6C551

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

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