#D6C565#D6C565

#D6C565 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.119 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6C565
RGB	rgb(214, 197, 101)
HSL	hsl(51, 58%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(51, 53%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 52.8%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.14, -6.33, 49.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.14, 50.14, 97.25°)
OKLab	oklab(81.8% -0.0195 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(81.8% 0.119 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.0484, 55.1701, 20.3220)
Luminance	0.5517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6C565 #6576D6

analogous

#D68C65 #D6C565 #AFD665

triadic

#D6C565 #65D6C5 #C565D6

tetradic

#D6C565 #65D68C #6576D6 #D665AF

square

#D6C565 #65D68C #6576D6 #D665AF

split-complementary

#D6C565 #65AFD6 #8C65D6

monochromatic

#988728 #C8B235 #D6C565 #E3D795 #F0E9C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#D6C565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#D6C565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6C565

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6C565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6C565	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)

#D5C05C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC769

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4B9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6c565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 197, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.119 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d693',
    500: '#d6c565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6c565;
$custom-light: #e5d693;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6c565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.973,
    "s": 57.949,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.818,
    "c": 0.11877,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6C565

secondary

#42509D

accent

#39C620

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6C565

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

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