#D6C557#D6C557

#D6C557 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.131 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6C557
RGB	rgb(214, 197, 87)
HSL	hsl(52, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(52, 59%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 59.3%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.99, -7.40, 56.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.99, 56.55, 97.52°)
OKLab	oklab(81.64% -0.0242 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(81.64% 0.131 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.4200, 54.9188, 17.0122)
Luminance	0.5492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6C557 #5768D6

analogous

#D68657 #D6C557 #A7D657

triadic

#D6C557 #57D6C5 #C557D6

tetradic

#D6C557 #57D686 #5768D6 #D657A7

square

#D6C557 #57D686 #5768D6 #D657A7

split-complementary

#D6C557 #57A7D6 #8657D6

monochromatic

#908123 #C1AD2F #D6C557 #E2D688 #EEE7B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#D6C557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#D6C557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6C557

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6C557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6C557	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)

#D6C04B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5B8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6c557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 197, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.131 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d68a',
    500: '#d6c557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6c557;
$custom-light: #e5d68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6c557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.969,
    "s": 60.766,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81639,
    "c": 0.13147,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6C557

secondary

#3C4895

accent

#59E444

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6C557

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

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