#D6C563#D6C563

#D6C563 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.121 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6C563
RGB	rgb(214, 197, 99)
HSL	hsl(51, 58%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(51, 54%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 53.7%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.12, -6.49, 50.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.12, 51.08, 97.30°)
OKLab	oklab(81.77% -0.0202 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(81.77% 0.121 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.9516, 55.1314, 19.8122)
Luminance	0.5513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6C563 #6374D6

analogous

#D68C63 #D6C563 #AED663

triadic

#D6C563 #63D6C5 #C563D6

tetradic

#D6C563 #63D68C #6374D6 #D663AE

square

#D6C563 #63D68C #6374D6 #D663AE

split-complementary

#D6C563 #63AED6 #8C63D6

monochromatic

#978628 #C7B234 #D6C563 #E3D793 #EFE9C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#D6C563 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#D6C563 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6C563

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6C563	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6C563	1.00	1.75	12.03	12.03
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C05A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC767

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4B9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6c563;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 197, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.121 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d692',
    500: '#d6c563',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6c563;
$custom-light: #e5d692;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6c563",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.13,
    "s": 58.376,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81775,
    "c": 0.12068,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6C563

secondary

#414F9C

accent

#38C620

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6C563

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

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