#D6CD51#D6CD51

#D6CD51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.144 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6CD51
RGB	rgb(214, 205, 81)
HSL	hsl(56, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(56, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 62.1%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.05, -11.87, 60.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.05, 62.06, 101.03°)
OKLab	oklab(83.25% -0.0376 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(83.25% 0.144 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.0499, 58.5546, 16.3961)
Luminance	0.5855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6CD51 #515AD6

analogous

#D68B51 #D6CD51 #9CD651

triadic

#D6CD51 #51D6CD #CD51D6

tetradic

#D6CD51 #51D68B #515AD6 #D6519C

square

#D6CD51 #51D68B #515AD6 #D6519C

split-complementary

#D6CD51 #519CD6 #8B51D6

monochromatic

#8C8421 #BDB32D #D6CD51 #E2DB83 #EDE9B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#D6CD51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.71

#D6CD51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6CD51

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6CD51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6CD51	1.00	1.65	12.71	12.71
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC642

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5C0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6cd51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 205, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.144 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6dc87',
    500: '#d6cd51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6cd51;
$custom-light: #e6dc87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6cd51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.94,
    "s": 61.86,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83252,
    "c": 0.14374,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6CD51

secondary

#3A4092

accent

#4EE543

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6CD51

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

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