#D6C756#D6C756

#D6C756 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.134 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6C756
RGB	rgb(214, 199, 86)
HSL	hsl(53, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(53, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 59.8%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.51, -8.49, 57.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.51, 57.71, 98.46°)
OKLab	oklab(82.04% -0.0274 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(82.04% 0.134 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.8365, 55.8168, 16.9509)
Luminance	0.5582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6C756 #5665D6

analogous

#D68756 #D6C756 #A5D656

triadic

#D6C756 #56D6C7 #C756D6

tetradic

#D6C756 #56D687 #5665D6 #D656A5

square

#D6C756 #56D687 #5665D6 #D656A5

split-complementary

#D6C756 #56A5D6 #8756D6

monochromatic

#8F8223 #C0AF2F #D6C756 #E2D787 #EEE8B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#D6C756 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#D6C756 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6C756

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6C756	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6C756	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C14A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5BAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6c756;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 199, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.134 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d78a',
    500: '#d6c756',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6c756;
$custom-light: #e5d78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6c756",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.969,
    "s": 60.952,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82044,
    "c": 0.13411,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6C756

secondary

#3C4695

accent

#57E444

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6C756

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

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