#D6CA51#D6CA51

#D6CA51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.141 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6CA51
RGB	rgb(214, 202, 81)
HSL	hsl(55, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 62.1%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.25, -10.35, 60.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.25, 60.95, 99.78°)
OKLab	oklab(82.62% -0.0333 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(82.62% 0.141 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.3392, 57.1332, 16.1592)
Luminance	0.5713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6CA51 #515DD6

analogous

#D68751 #D6CA51 #A0D651

triadic

#D6CA51 #51D6CA #CA51D6

tetradic

#D6CA51 #51D687 #515DD6 #D651A0

square

#D6CA51 #51D687 #515DD6 #D651A0

split-complementary

#D6CA51 #51A0D6 #8751D6

monochromatic

#8C8221 #BDB02D #D6CA51 #E2D983 #EDE8B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#D6CA51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.43

#D6CA51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6CA51

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6CA51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6CA51	1.00	1.69	12.43	12.43
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC443

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5BDB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6ca51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 202, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.141 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d987',
    500: '#d6ca51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6ca51;
$custom-light: #e6d987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6ca51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.586,
    "s": 61.86,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82622,
    "c": 0.14092,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6CA51

secondary

#3A4292

accent

#51E543

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6CA51

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

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