#D6CE51#D6CE51

#D6CE51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.145 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6CE51
RGB	rgb(214, 206, 81)
HSL	hsl(56, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(56, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 62.1%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.31, -12.37, 61.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.31, 62.44, 101.43°)
OKLab	oklab(83.46% -0.039 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(83.46% 0.145 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.2899, 59.0346, 16.4761)
Luminance	0.5903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6CE51 #5159D6

analogous

#D68B51 #D6CE51 #9BD651

triadic

#D6CE51 #51D6CE #CE51D6

tetradic

#D6CE51 #51D68B #5159D6 #D6519B

square

#D6CE51 #51D68B #5159D6 #D6519B

split-complementary

#D6CE51 #519BD6 #8B51D6

monochromatic

#8C8521 #BDB52D #D6CE51 #E2DC83 #EDEAB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#D6CE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.81

#D6CE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6CE51

12.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6CE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6CE51	1.00	1.64	12.81	12.81
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC742

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5C1B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6ce51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 206, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.145 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6dc87',
    500: '#d6ce51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6ce51;
$custom-light: #e6dc87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6ce51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.391,
    "s": 61.86,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83462,
    "c": 0.1447,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6CE51

secondary

#3A3F92

accent

#4DE543

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6CE51

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

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