#D6C562#D6C562

#D6C562 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.122 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6C562
RGB	rgb(214, 197, 98)
HSL	hsl(51, 59%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(51, 54%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 54.2%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.11, -6.57, 51.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.11, 51.54, 97.32°)
OKLab	oklab(81.76% -0.0205 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(81.76% 0.122 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.9041, 55.1124, 19.5620)
Luminance	0.5511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6C562 #6273D6

analogous

#D68B62 #D6C562 #ADD662

triadic

#D6C562 #62D6C5 #C562D6

tetradic

#D6C562 #62D68B #6273D6 #D662AD

square

#D6C562 #62D68B #6273D6 #D662AD

split-complementary

#D6C562 #62ADD6 #8B62D6

monochromatic

#968627 #C7B134 #D6C562 #E3D793 #EFE9C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#D6C562 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#D6C562 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6C562

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6C562	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6C562	1.00	1.75	12.02	12.02
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C059

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC767

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4B9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6c562;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 197, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.122 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d691',
    500: '#d6c562',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6c562;
$custom-light: #e5d691;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6c562",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.207,
    "s": 58.586,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81763,
    "c": 0.12162,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6C562

secondary

#414E9B

accent

#38C61F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6C562

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

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