#D6C650#D6C650

#D6C650 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.138 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6C650
RGB	rgb(214, 198, 80)
HSL	hsl(53, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 62.6%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.19, -8.38, 59.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.19, 59.94, 98.04°)
OKLab	oklab(81.78% -0.0278 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(81.78% 0.138 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.3755, 55.2655, 15.6543)
Luminance	0.5526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6C650 #5060D6

analogous

#D68350 #D6C650 #A3D650

triadic

#D6C650 #50D6C6 #C650D6

tetradic

#D6C650 #50D683 #5060D6 #D650A3

square

#D6C650 #50D683 #5060D6 #D650A3

split-complementary

#D6C650 #50A3D6 #8350D6

monochromatic

#8B7E21 #BDAB2C #D6C650 #E2D682 #EDE6B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#D6C650 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#D6C650 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6C650

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6C650	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6C650	1.00	1.74	12.05	12.05
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C042

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC756

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5B9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6c650;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 198, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.138 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d786',
    500: '#d6c650',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6c650;
$custom-light: #e6d786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6c650",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.836,
    "s": 62.037,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81777,
    "c": 0.1381,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6C650

secondary

#394491

accent

#56E543

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6C650

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

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