#D6C960#D6C960

#D6C960 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.127 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6C960
RGB	rgb(214, 201, 96)
HSL	hsl(53, 59%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(53, 55%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 55.1%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.13, -8.78, 53.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.13, 53.97, 99.36°)
OKLab	oklab(82.57% -0.0271 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(82.57% 0.127 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.7312, 56.9158, 19.3776)
Luminance	0.5691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6C960 #606DD6

analogous

#D68E60 #D6C960 #A8D660

triadic

#D6C960 #60D6C9 #C960D6

tetradic

#D6C960 #60D68E #606DD6 #D660A8

square

#D6C960 #60D68E #606DD6 #D660A8

split-complementary

#D6C960 #60A8D6 #8E60D6

monochromatic

#958926 #C6B633 #D6C960 #E3DA91 #EFEAC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#D6C960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.38

#D6C960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6C960

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6C960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6C960	1.00	1.70	12.38	12.38
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C356

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC965

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6c960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 201, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.127 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d990',
    500: '#d6c960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6c960;
$custom-light: #e5d990;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6c960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.39,
    "s": 59,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8257,
    "c": 0.12718,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6C960

secondary

#404A9A

accent

#31C71F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6C960

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

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