#D6C851#D6C851

#D6C851 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.139 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6C851
RGB	rgb(214, 200, 81)
HSL	hsl(54, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(54, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 62.1%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.73, -9.34, 59.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.73, 60.23, 98.92°)
OKLab	oklab(82.2% -0.0304 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(82.2% 0.139 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.8729, 56.2007, 16.0038)
Luminance	0.5620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6C851 #515FD6

analogous

#D68551 #D6C851 #A2D651

triadic

#D6C851 #51D6C8 #C851D6

tetradic

#D6C851 #51D685 #515FD6 #D651A2

square

#D6C851 #51D685 #515FD6 #D651A2

split-complementary

#D6C851 #51A2D6 #8551D6

monochromatic

#8C8021 #BDAE2D #D6C851 #E2D883 #EDE7B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#D6C851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#D6C851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6C851

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6C851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6C851	1.00	1.72	12.24	12.24
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C243

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC858

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5BBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6c851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 200, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.139 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d887',
    500: '#d6c851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6c851;
$custom-light: #e6d887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6c851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.684,
    "s": 61.86,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82204,
    "c": 0.1391,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6C851

secondary

#3A4392

accent

#54E543

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6C851

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

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