#D6C855#D6C855

#D6C855 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.136 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6C855
RGB	rgb(214, 200, 85)
HSL	hsl(53, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(53, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 60.3%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.76, -9.07, 57.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.76, 58.51, 98.92°)
OKLab	oklab(82.24% -0.0292 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(82.24% 0.136 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.0274, 56.2625, 16.8171)
Luminance	0.5626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6C855 #5563D6

analogous

#D68755 #D6C855 #A3D655

triadic

#D6C855 #55D6C8 #C855D6

tetradic

#D6C855 #55D687 #5563D6 #D655A3

square

#D6C855 #55D687 #5563D6 #D655A3

split-complementary

#D6C855 #55A3D6 #8755D6

monochromatic

#8E8322 #C0B02E #D6C855 #E2D886 #EEE8B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#D6C855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#D6C855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6C855

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6C855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6C855	1.00	1.71	12.25	12.25
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C248

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC95B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5BBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6c855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 200, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.136 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d889',
    500: '#d6c855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6c855;
$custom-light: #e5d889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6c855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.488,
    "s": 61.137,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82243,
    "c": 0.13585,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6C855

secondary

#3B4594

accent

#55E444

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6C855

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

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