#D6CC55#D6CC55

#D6CC55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.140 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6CC55
RGB	rgb(214, 204, 85)
HSL	hsl(55, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 60.3%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.82, -11.10, 58.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.82, 59.99, 100.66°)
OKLab	oklab(83.08% -0.035 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(83.08% 0.14 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.9659, 58.1395, 17.1300)
Luminance	0.5814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6CC55 #555FD6

analogous

#D68B55 #D6CC55 #9FD655

triadic

#D6CC55 #55D6CC #CC55D6

tetradic

#D6CC55 #55D68B #555FD6 #D6559F

square

#D6CC55 #55D68B #555FD6 #D6559F

split-complementary

#D6CC55 #559FD6 #8B55D6

monochromatic

#8E8622 #C0B42E #D6CC55 #E2DB86 #EEEAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#D6CC55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.63

#D6CC55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6CC55

12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6CC55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6CC55	1.00	1.66	12.63	12.63
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC547

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5BFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6cc55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 204, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.140 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5db8a',
    500: '#d6cc55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6cc55;
$custom-light: #e5db8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6cc55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.349,
    "s": 61.137,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8308,
    "c": 0.13958,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6CC55

secondary

#3B4294

accent

#50E444

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6CC55

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

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