#D6C859#D6C859

#D6C859 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.132 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6C859
RGB	rgb(214, 200, 89)
HSL	hsl(53, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(53, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 58.4%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.80, -8.79, 56.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.80, 56.75, 98.91°)
OKLab	oklab(82.28% -0.0279 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(82.28% 0.132 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.1908, 56.3279, 17.6778)
Luminance	0.5633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6C859 #5967D6

analogous

#D68A59 #D6C859 #A6D659

triadic

#D6C859 #59D6C8 #C859D6

tetradic

#D6C859 #59D68A #5967D6 #D659A6

square

#D6C859 #59D68A #5967D6 #D659A6

split-complementary

#D6C859 #59A6D6 #8A59D6

monochromatic

#918524 #C2B230 #D6C859 #E2D88A #EEE9BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#D6C859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.27

#D6C859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6C859

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6C859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6C859	1.00	1.71	12.27	12.27
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C24D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC95F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5BBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6c859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 200, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.132 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d88c',
    500: '#d6c859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6c859;
$custom-light: #e5d88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6c859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.28,
    "s": 60.386,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82284,
    "c": 0.13247,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6C859

secondary

#3D4796

accent

#56E444

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6C859

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

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