#D6C939#D6C939

#D6C939 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.156 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6C939
RGB	rgb(214, 201, 57)
HSL	hsl(55, 66%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(55, 73%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 73.4%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.82, -11.13, 68.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.82, 69.82, 99.17°)
OKLab	oklab(82.22% -0.038 0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(82.22% 0.156 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.3589, 56.3668, 12.1500)
Luminance	0.5636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6C939 #3946D6

analogous

#D67A39 #D6C939 #94D639

triadic

#D6C939 #39D6C9 #C939D6

tetradic

#D6C939 #39D67A #3946D6 #D63994

square

#D6C939 #39D67A #3946D6 #D63994

split-complementary

#D6C939 #3994D6 #7A39D6

monochromatic

#7B7319 #AEA224 #D6C939 #E0D76C #EBE59E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#D6C939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.27

#D6C939 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6C939

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6C939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6C939	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)

#DBC21D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC943

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6BBAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6c939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 201, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.156 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d97a',
    500: '#d6c939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6c939;
$custom-light: #e7d97a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6c939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.032,
    "s": 65.69,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82224,
    "c": 0.15639,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6C939

secondary

#303783

accent

#4DE93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6C939

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

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