#D6C660#D6C660

#D6C660 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.124 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6C660
RGB	rgb(214, 198, 96)
HSL	hsl(52, 59%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(52, 55%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 55.1%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.35, -7.24, 52.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.35, 52.84, 97.88°)
OKLab	oklab(81.95% -0.0227 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(81.95% 0.124 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.0387, 55.5307, 19.1468)
Luminance	0.5553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6C660 #6070D6

analogous

#D68B60 #D6C660 #ABD660

triadic

#D6C660 #60D6C6 #C660D6

tetradic

#D6C660 #60D68B #6070D6 #D660AB

square

#D6C660 #60D68B #6070D6 #D660AB

split-complementary

#D6C660 #60ABD6 #8B60D6

monochromatic

#958626 #C6B233 #D6C660 #E3D791 #EFE9C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#D6C660 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#D6C660 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6C660

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6C660	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6C660	1.00	1.73	12.11	12.11
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C156

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC765

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5BAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6c660;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 198, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.124 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d790',
    500: '#d6c660',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6c660;
$custom-light: #e5d790;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6c660",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.864,
    "s": 59,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81946,
    "c": 0.12439,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6C660

secondary

#404C9A

accent

#36C71F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6C660

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

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