#D6C856#D6C856

#D6C856 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.135 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6C856
RGB	rgb(214, 200, 86)
HSL	hsl(53, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(53, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 59.8%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.77, -9.00, 57.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.77, 58.07, 98.92°)
OKLab	oklab(82.25% -0.0289 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(82.25% 0.135 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.0674, 56.2785, 17.0278)
Luminance	0.5628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6C856 #5664D6

analogous

#D68856 #D6C856 #A4D656

triadic

#D6C856 #56D6C8 #C856D6

tetradic

#D6C856 #56D688 #5664D6 #D656A4

square

#D6C856 #56D688 #5664D6 #D656A4

split-complementary

#D6C856 #56A4D6 #8856D6

monochromatic

#8F8323 #C0B02F #D6C856 #E2D887 #EEE8B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#D6C856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#D6C856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6C856

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6C856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6C856	1.00	1.71	12.26	12.26
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C249

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC95C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5BBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6c856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 200, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.135 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d88a',
    500: '#d6c856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6c856;
$custom-light: #e5d88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6c856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.438,
    "s": 60.952,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82253,
    "c": 0.13501,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6C856

secondary

#3C4595

accent

#55E444

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6C856

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

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