#D6C857#D6C857

#D6C857 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.134 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6C857
RGB	rgb(214, 200, 87)
HSL	hsl(53, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(53, 59%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 59.3%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.78, -8.93, 56.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.78, 57.63, 98.92°)
OKLab	oklab(82.26% -0.0285 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(82.26% 0.134 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.1079, 56.2947, 17.2415)
Luminance	0.5629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6C857 #5765D6

analogous

#D68957 #D6C857 #A5D657

triadic

#D6C857 #57D6C8 #C857D6

tetradic

#D6C857 #57D689 #5765D6 #D657A5

square

#D6C857 #57D689 #5765D6 #D657A5

split-complementary

#D6C857 #57A5D6 #8957D6

monochromatic

#908423 #C1B12F #D6C857 #E2D888 #EEE8B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#D6C857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#D6C857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6C857

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6C857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6C857	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)

#D9C24B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC95D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5BBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6c857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 200, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.134 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d88a',
    500: '#d6c857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6c857;
$custom-light: #e5d88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6c857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.386,
    "s": 60.766,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82263,
    "c": 0.13417,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6C857

secondary

#3C4695

accent

#56E444

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6C857

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

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