#D6CD55#D6CD55

#D6CD55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.141 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6CD55
RGB	rgb(214, 205, 85)
HSL	hsl(56, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 60.3%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.08, -11.61, 59.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.08, 60.37, 101.08°)
OKLab	oklab(83.29% -0.0364 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(83.29% 0.141 105)
XYZ	xyz(51.2043, 58.6164, 17.2094)
Luminance	0.5861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6CD55 #555ED6

analogous

#D68C55 #D6CD55 #9ED655

triadic

#D6CD55 #55D6CD #CD55D6

tetradic

#D6CD55 #55D68C #555ED6 #D6559E

square

#D6CD55 #55D68C #555ED6 #D6559E

split-complementary

#D6CD55 #559ED6 #8C55D6

monochromatic

#8E8722 #C0B52E #D6CD55 #E2DC86 #EEEAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#D6CD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.72

#D6CD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6CD55

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6CD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6CD55	1.00	1.65	12.72	12.72
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC647

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5C0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6cd55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 205, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.141 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5dc8a',
    500: '#d6cd55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6cd55;
$custom-light: #e5dc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6cd55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.814,
    "s": 61.137,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8329,
    "c": 0.14055,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.58615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6CD55

secondary

#3B4194

accent

#4FE444

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6CD55

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

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