#D6C951#D6C951

#D6C951 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.140 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6C951
RGB	rgb(214, 201, 81)
HSL	hsl(54, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(54, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 62.1%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.99, -9.84, 59.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.99, 60.59, 99.35°)
OKLab	oklab(82.41% -0.0318 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(82.41% 0.14 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.1053, 56.6654, 16.0812)
Luminance	0.5666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6C951 #515ED6

analogous

#D68651 #D6C951 #A1D651

triadic

#D6C951 #51D6C9 #C951D6

tetradic

#D6C951 #51D686 #515ED6 #D651A1

square

#D6C951 #51D686 #515ED6 #D651A1

split-complementary

#D6C951 #51A1D6 #8651D6

monochromatic

#8C8121 #BDAF2D #D6C951 #E2D883 #EDE8B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#D6C951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.33

#D6C951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6C951

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6C951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6C951	1.00	1.70	12.33	12.33
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC343

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC958

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5BCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6c951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 201, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.140 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d987',
    500: '#d6c951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6c951;
$custom-light: #e6d987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6c951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.135,
    "s": 61.86,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82413,
    "c": 0.14,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6C951

secondary

#3A4292

accent

#53E543

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6C951

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

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