#D6CA59#D6CA59

#D6CA59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.134 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6CA59
RGB	rgb(214, 202, 89)
HSL	hsl(54, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(54, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 58.4%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.33, -9.81, 56.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.33, 57.50, 99.82°)
OKLab	oklab(82.7% -0.0308 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(82.7% 0.134 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.6570, 57.2603, 17.8332)
Luminance	0.5726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6CA59 #5965D6

analogous

#D68C59 #D6CA59 #A4D659

triadic

#D6CA59 #59D6CA #CA59D6

tetradic

#D6CA59 #59D68C #5965D6 #D659A4

square

#D6CA59 #59D68C #5965D6 #D659A4

split-complementary

#D6CA59 #59A4D6 #8C59D6

monochromatic

#918624 #C2B430 #D6CA59 #E2DA8A #EEE9BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#D6CA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.45

#D6CA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6CA59

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6CA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6CA59	1.00	1.69	12.45	12.45
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC44D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5BDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6ca59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 202, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.134 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d98c',
    500: '#d6ca59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6ca59;
$custom-light: #e5d98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6ca59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.24,
    "s": 60.386,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82702,
    "c": 0.13433,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6CA59

secondary

#3D4696

accent

#54E444

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6CA59

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

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