#D6CA55#D6CA55

#D6CA55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.138 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6CA55
RGB	rgb(214, 202, 85)
HSL	hsl(54, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(54, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 60.3%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.29, -10.09, 58.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.29, 59.24, 99.80°)
OKLab	oklab(82.66% -0.0321 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(82.66% 0.138 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.4936, 57.1949, 16.9725)
Luminance	0.5719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6CA55 #5561D6

analogous

#D68955 #D6CA55 #A1D655

triadic

#D6CA55 #55D6CA #CA55D6

tetradic

#D6CA55 #55D689 #5561D6 #D655A1

square

#D6CA55 #55D689 #5561D6 #D655A1

split-complementary

#D6CA55 #55A1D6 #8955D6

monochromatic

#8E8422 #C0B22E #D6CA55 #E2D986 #EEE9B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#D6CA55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.44

#D6CA55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6CA55

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6CA55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6CA55	1.00	1.69	12.44	12.44
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC448

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5BDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6ca55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 202, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.138 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d989',
    500: '#d6ca55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6ca55;
$custom-light: #e5d989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6ca55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.419,
    "s": 61.137,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82661,
    "c": 0.1377,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6CA55

secondary

#3B4494

accent

#52E444

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6CA55

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

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