#D6C757#D6C757

#D6C757 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.133 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6C757
RGB	rgb(214, 199, 87)
HSL	hsl(53, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(53, 59%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 59.3%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.52, -8.42, 56.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.52, 57.27, 98.46°)
OKLab	oklab(82.06% -0.0271 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(82.06% 0.133 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.8771, 55.8330, 17.1646)
Luminance	0.5583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6C757 #5766D6

analogous

#D68857 #D6C757 #A6D657

triadic

#D6C757 #57D6C7 #C757D6

tetradic

#D6C757 #57D688 #5766D6 #D657A6

square

#D6C757 #57D688 #5766D6 #D657A6

split-complementary

#D6C757 #57A6D6 #8857D6

monochromatic

#908323 #C1B02F #D6C757 #E2D788 #EEE8B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#D6C757 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#D6C757 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6C757

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6C757	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6C757	1.00	1.73	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C14B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5BAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6c757;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 199, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.133 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d78a',
    500: '#d6c757',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6c757;
$custom-light: #e5d78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6c757",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.913,
    "s": 60.766,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82055,
    "c": 0.13326,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6C757

secondary

#3C4795

accent

#57E444

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6C757

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

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