#D6CC51#D6CC51

#D6CC51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.143 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6CC51
RGB	rgb(214, 204, 81)
HSL	hsl(55, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 62.1%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.78, -11.36, 60.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.78, 61.69, 100.62°)
OKLab	oklab(83.04% -0.0361 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(83.04% 0.143 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.8115, 58.0778, 16.3166)
Luminance	0.5808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6CC51 #515BD6

analogous

#D68A51 #D6CC51 #9DD651

triadic

#D6CC51 #51D6CC #CC51D6

tetradic

#D6CC51 #51D68A #515BD6 #D6519D

square

#D6CC51 #51D68A #515BD6 #D6519D

split-complementary

#D6CC51 #519DD6 #8A51D6

monochromatic

#8C8421 #BDB22D #D6CC51 #E2DB83 #EDE9B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#D6CC51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.62

#D6CC51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6CC51

12.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6CC51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6CC51	1.00	1.66	12.62	12.62
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC542

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5BFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6cc51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 204, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.143 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6db87',
    500: '#d6cc51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6cc51;
$custom-light: #e6db87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6cc51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.489,
    "s": 61.86,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83042,
    "c": 0.14279,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6CC51

secondary

#3A4092

accent

#4FE543

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6CC51

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

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