#D6CC59#D6CC59

#D6CC59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.136 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6CC59
RGB	rgb(214, 204, 89)
HSL	hsl(55, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(55, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 58.4%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.85, -10.82, 57.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.85, 58.25, 100.71°)
OKLab	oklab(83.12% -0.0337 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(83.12% 0.136 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.1293, 58.2049, 17.9907)
Luminance	0.5820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6CC59 #5963D6

analogous

#D68E59 #D6CC59 #A2D659

triadic

#D6CC59 #59D6CC #CC59D6

tetradic

#D6CC59 #59D68E #5963D6 #D659A2

square

#D6CC59 #59D68E #5963D6 #D659A2

split-complementary

#D6CC59 #59A2D6 #8E59D6

monochromatic

#918824 #C2B630 #D6CC59 #E2DB8A #EEEABB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#D6CC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.64

#D6CC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6CC59

12.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6CC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6CC59	1.00	1.66	12.64	12.64
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC64D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5C0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6cc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 204, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.136 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5db8c',
    500: '#d6cc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6cc59;
$custom-light: #e5db8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6cc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.2,
    "s": 60.386,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8312,
    "c": 0.13624,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6CC59

secondary

#3D4496

accent

#51E444

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6CC59

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

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