#D6C560#D6C560

#D6C560 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.123 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6C560
RGB	rgb(214, 197, 96)
HSL	hsl(51, 59%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(51, 55%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 55.1%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.08, -6.73, 52.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.08, 52.47, 97.37°)
OKLab	oklab(81.74% -0.0212 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(81.74% 0.123 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.8109, 55.0751, 19.0708)
Luminance	0.5507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6C560 #6071D6

analogous

#D68A60 #D6C560 #ACD660

triadic

#D6C560 #60D6C5 #C560D6

tetradic

#D6C560 #60D68A #6071D6 #D660AC

square

#D6C560 #60D68A #6071D6 #D660AC

split-complementary

#D6C560 #60ACD6 #8A60D6

monochromatic

#958526 #C6B133 #D6C560 #E3D791 #EFE8C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#D6C560 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.01

#D6C560 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6C560

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6C560	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6C560	1.00	1.75	12.01	12.01
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C056

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC765

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5B9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6c560;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 197, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.123 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d690',
    500: '#d6c560',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6c560;
$custom-light: #e5d690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6c560",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.356,
    "s": 59,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81739,
    "c": 0.12349,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6C560

secondary

#404D9A

accent

#37C71F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6C560

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

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