#D6CD56#D6CD56

#D6CD56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.140 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6CD56
RGB	rgb(214, 205, 86)
HSL	hsl(56, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 59.8%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.09, -11.54, 58.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.09, 59.94, 101.10°)
OKLab	oklab(83.3% -0.0361 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(83.3% 0.14 105)
XYZ	xyz(51.2443, 58.6324, 17.4201)
Luminance	0.5863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6CD56 #565FD6

analogous

#D68D56 #D6CD56 #9FD656

triadic

#D6CD56 #56D6CD #CD56D6

tetradic

#D6CD56 #56D68D #565FD6 #D6569F

square

#D6CD56 #56D68D #565FD6 #D6569F

split-complementary

#D6CD56 #569FD6 #8D56D6

monochromatic

#8F8723 #C0B62F #D6CD56 #E2DC87 #EEEAB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#D6CD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.73

#D6CD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6CD56

12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6CD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6CD56	1.00	1.65	12.73	12.73
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5C0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6cd56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 205, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.140 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5dc8a',
    500: '#d6cd56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6cd56;
$custom-light: #e5dc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6cd56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.781,
    "s": 60.952,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.833,
    "c": 0.13972,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.58631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6CD56

secondary

#3C4295

accent

#4FE444

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6CD56

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

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