#D6CC57#D6CC57

#D6CC57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.138 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6CC57
RGB	rgb(214, 204, 87)
HSL	hsl(55, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(55, 59%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 59.3%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.83, -10.96, 58.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.83, 59.13, 100.69°)
OKLab	oklab(83.1% -0.0343 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(83.1% 0.138 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.0465, 58.1718, 17.5543)
Luminance	0.5817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6CC57 #5761D6

analogous

#D68D57 #D6CC57 #A1D657

triadic

#D6CC57 #57D6CC #CC57D6

tetradic

#D6CC57 #57D68D #5761D6 #D657A1

square

#D6CC57 #57D68D #5761D6 #D657A1

split-complementary

#D6CC57 #57A1D6 #8D57D6

monochromatic

#908723 #C1B52F #D6CC57 #E2DB88 #EEEAB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#D6CC57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.63

#D6CC57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6CC57

12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6CC57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6CC57	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)

#DCC54A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5BFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6cc57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 204, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.138 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5db8b',
    500: '#d6cc57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6cc57;
$custom-light: #e5db8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6cc57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.276,
    "s": 60.766,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.831,
    "c": 0.13793,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6CC57

secondary

#3C4395

accent

#51E444

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6CC57

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

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