#D6C55A#D6C55A

#D6C55A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.129 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6C55A
RGB	rgb(214, 197, 90)
HSL	hsl(52, 60%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(52, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 57.9%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.02, -7.18, 54.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.02, 55.21, 97.48°)
OKLab	oklab(81.67% -0.0232 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(81.67% 0.129 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.5451, 54.9688, 17.6711)
Luminance	0.5497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6C55A #5A6BD6

analogous

#D6875A #D6C55A #A9D65A

triadic

#D6C55A #5AD6C5 #C55AD6

tetradic

#D6C55A #5AD687 #5A6BD6 #D65AA9

square

#D6C55A #5AD687 #5A6BD6 #D65AA9

split-complementary

#D6C55A #5AA9D6 #875AD6

monochromatic

#918224 #C2AE30 #D6C55A #E2D68B #EEE7BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#D6C55A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.99

#D6C55A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6C55A

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6C55A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6C55A	1.00	1.75	11.99	11.99
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C04F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC75F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5B8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6c55a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 197, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.129 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d68c',
    500: '#d6c55a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6c55a;
$custom-light: #e5d68c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6c55a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.774,
    "s": 60.194,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81671,
    "c": 0.12889,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6C55A

secondary

#3D4A97

accent

#5AE344

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6C55A

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

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