#D6CB55#D6CB55

#D6CB55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.139 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6CB55
RGB	rgb(214, 203, 85)
HSL	hsl(55, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 60.3%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.55, -10.60, 58.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.55, 59.62, 100.24°)
OKLab	oklab(82.87% -0.0335 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(82.87% 0.139 104)
XYZ	xyz(50.7290, 57.6657, 17.0510)
Luminance	0.5766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6CB55 #5560D6

analogous

#D68A55 #D6CB55 #A0D655

triadic

#D6CB55 #55D6CB #CB55D6

tetradic

#D6CB55 #55D68A #5560D6 #D655A0

square

#D6CB55 #55D68A #5560D6 #D655A0

split-complementary

#D6CB55 #55A0D6 #8A55D6

monochromatic

#8E8522 #C0B32E #D6CB55 #E2DA86 #EEE9B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#D6CB55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.53

#D6CB55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6CB55

12.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6CB55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6CB55	1.00	1.68	12.53	12.53
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC548

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5BEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6cb55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 203, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.139 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5da89',
    500: '#d6cb55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6cb55;
$custom-light: #e5da89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6cb55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.884,
    "s": 61.137,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8287,
    "c": 0.13863,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.57664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6CB55

secondary

#3B4394

accent

#51E444

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6CB55

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

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