#D6CA56#D6CA56

#D6CA56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.137 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6CA56
RGB	rgb(214, 202, 86)
HSL	hsl(54, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(54, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 59.8%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.30, -10.02, 57.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.30, 58.81, 99.81°)
OKLab	oklab(82.67% -0.0318 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(82.67% 0.137 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.5336, 57.2109, 17.1832)
Luminance	0.5721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6CA56 #5662D6

analogous

#D68A56 #D6CA56 #A2D656

triadic

#D6CA56 #56D6CA #CA56D6

tetradic

#D6CA56 #56D68A #5662D6 #D656A2

square

#D6CA56 #56D68A #5662D6 #D656A2

split-complementary

#D6CA56 #56A2D6 #8A56D6

monochromatic

#8F8523 #C0B32F #D6CA56 #E2D987 #EEE9B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#D6CA56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.44

#D6CA56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6CA56

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6CA56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6CA56	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)

#DBC449

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5BDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6ca56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 202, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.137 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d98a',
    500: '#d6ca56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6ca56;
$custom-light: #e5d98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6ca56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.375,
    "s": 60.952,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82671,
    "c": 0.13687,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6CA56

secondary

#3C4495

accent

#53E444

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6CA56

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

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