#D6CC56#D6CC56

#D6CC56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.139 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6CC56
RGB	rgb(214, 204, 86)
HSL	hsl(55, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 59.8%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.83, -11.03, 58.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.83, 59.56, 100.68°)
OKLab	oklab(83.09% -0.0347 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(83.09% 0.139 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.0059, 58.1555, 17.3407)
Luminance	0.5815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6CC56 #5660D6

analogous

#D68C56 #D6CC56 #A0D656

triadic

#D6CC56 #56D6CC #CC56D6

tetradic

#D6CC56 #56D68C #5660D6 #D656A0

square

#D6CC56 #56D68C #5660D6 #D656A0

split-complementary

#D6CC56 #56A0D6 #8C56D6

monochromatic

#8F8623 #C0B52F #D6CC56 #E2DB87 #EEEAB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#D6CC56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.63

#D6CC56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6CC56

12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6CC56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6CC56	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)

#DCC549

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5BFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6cc56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 204, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.139 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5db8a',
    500: '#d6cc56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6cc56;
$custom-light: #e5db8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6cc56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.313,
    "s": 60.952,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8309,
    "c": 0.13876,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6CC56

secondary

#3C4395

accent

#50E444

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6CC56

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

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