#D6C555#D6C555

#D6C555 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.133 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6C555
RGB	rgb(214, 197, 85)
HSL	hsl(52, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(52, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 60.3%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.98, -7.54, 56.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.98, 57.43, 97.54°)
OKLab	oklab(81.62% -0.0248 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(81.62% 0.133 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.3394, 54.8865, 16.5878)
Luminance	0.5488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6C555 #5566D6

analogous

#D68455 #D6C555 #A6D655

triadic

#D6C555 #55D6C5 #C555D6

tetradic

#D6C555 #55D684 #5566D6 #D655A6

square

#D6C555 #55D684 #5566D6 #D655A6

split-complementary

#D6C555 #55A6D6 #8455D6

monochromatic

#8E8022 #C0AC2E #D6C555 #E2D686 #EEE7B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#D6C555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#D6C555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6C555

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6C555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6C555	1.00	1.75	11.98	11.98
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C049

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5B8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6c555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 197, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.133 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d689',
    500: '#d6c555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6c555;
$custom-light: #e6d689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6c555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.093,
    "s": 61.137,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81618,
    "c": 0.13316,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6C555

secondary

#3B4794

accent

#59E444

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6C555

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

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