#D6C553#D6C553

#D6C553 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.135 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6C553
RGB	rgb(214, 197, 83)
HSL	hsl(52, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(52, 61%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 61.2%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.96, -7.67, 57.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.96, 58.30, 97.56°)
OKLab	oklab(81.6% -0.0254 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(81.6% 0.135 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.2611, 54.8552, 16.1752)
Luminance	0.5485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6C553 #5364D6

analogous

#D68353 #D6C553 #A5D653

triadic

#D6C553 #53D6C5 #C553D6

tetradic

#D6C553 #53D683 #5364D6 #D653A5

square

#D6C553 #53D683 #5364D6 #D653A5

split-complementary

#D6C553 #53A5D6 #8353D6

monochromatic

#8D7F22 #BEAC2D #D6C553 #E2D684 #EEE6B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#D6C553 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#D6C553 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6C553

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6C553	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6C553	1.00	1.75	11.97	11.97
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C046

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC759

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5B8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6c553;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 197, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.135 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d688',
    500: '#d6c553',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6c553;
$custom-light: #e6d688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6c553",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.214,
    "s": 61.502,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81598,
    "c": 0.13481,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6C553

secondary

#3A4693

accent

#58E543

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6C553

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

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