#D6C657#D6C657

#D6C657 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.132 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6C657
RGB	rgb(214, 198, 87)
HSL	hsl(52, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(52, 59%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 59.3%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.26, -7.91, 56.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.26, 56.91, 97.99°)
OKLab	oklab(81.85% -0.0256 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(81.85% 0.132 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.6478, 55.3744, 17.0881)
Luminance	0.5537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6C657 #5767D6

analogous

#D68757 #D6C657 #A7D657

triadic

#D6C657 #57D6C6 #C657D6

tetradic

#D6C657 #57D687 #5767D6 #D657A7

square

#D6C657 #57D687 #5767D6 #D657A7

split-complementary

#D6C657 #57A7D6 #8757D6

monochromatic

#908223 #C1AE2F #D6C657 #E2D788 #EEE7B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#D6C657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.07

#D6C657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6C657

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6C657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6C657	1.00	1.74	12.07	12.07
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C14B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5B9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6c657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 198, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.132 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d78a',
    500: '#d6c657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6c657;
$custom-light: #e5d78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6c657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.441,
    "s": 60.766,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81847,
    "c": 0.13237,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6C657

secondary

#3C4795

accent

#58E444

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6C657

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

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