#D6CB56#D6CB56

#D6CB56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.138 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6CB56
RGB	rgb(214, 203, 86)
HSL	hsl(55, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 59.8%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.56, -10.53, 58.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.56, 59.19, 100.25°)
OKLab	oklab(82.88% -0.0332 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(82.88% 0.138 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.7690, 57.6817, 17.2617)
Luminance	0.5768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6CB56 #5661D6

analogous

#D68B56 #D6CB56 #A1D656

triadic

#D6CB56 #56D6CB #CB56D6

tetradic

#D6CB56 #56D68B #5661D6 #D656A1

square

#D6CB56 #56D68B #5661D6 #D656A1

split-complementary

#D6CB56 #56A1D6 #8B56D6

monochromatic

#8F8623 #C0B42F #D6CB56 #E2DA87 #EEE9B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#D6CB56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.54

#D6CB56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6CB56

12.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6CB56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6CB56	1.00	1.68	12.54	12.54
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC549

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5BEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6cb56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 203, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.138 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5da8a',
    500: '#d6cb56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6cb56;
$custom-light: #e5da8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6cb56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.844,
    "s": 60.952,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8288,
    "c": 0.13781,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6CB56

secondary

#3C4395

accent

#52E444

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6CB56

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

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