#D6CC5B#D6CC5B

#D6CC5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.135 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6CC5B
RGB	rgb(214, 204, 91)
HSL	hsl(55, 60%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(55, 57%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 57.5%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.87, -10.68, 56.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.87, 57.37, 100.73°)
OKLab	oklab(83.14% -0.0331 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(83.14% 0.135 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.2144, 58.2390, 18.4390)
Luminance	0.5824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6CC5B #5B65D6

analogous

#D68F5B #D6CC5B #A3D65B

triadic

#D6CC5B #5BD6CC #CC5BD6

tetradic

#D6CC5B #5BD68F #5B65D6 #D65BA3

square

#D6CC5B #5BD68F #5B65D6 #D65BA3

split-complementary

#D6CC5B #5BA3D6 #8F5BD6

monochromatic

#928925 #C3B731 #D6CC5B #E2DB8C #EEEABD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#D6CC5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.65

#D6CC5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6CC5B

12.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6CC5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6CC5B	1.00	1.66	12.65	12.65
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC64F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4C0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6cc5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 204, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.135 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5db8d',
    500: '#d6cc5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6cc5b;
$custom-light: #e5db8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6cc5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.122,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83141,
    "c": 0.13451,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6CC5B

secondary

#3E4597

accent

#52E345

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6CC5B

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

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