#D6CE55#D6CE55

#D6CE55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.142 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6CE55
RGB	rgb(214, 206, 85)
HSL	hsl(56, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 60.3%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.34, -12.11, 59.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.34, 60.75, 101.50°)
OKLab	oklab(83.5% -0.0378 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(83.5% 0.142 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.4443, 59.0964, 17.2894)
Luminance	0.5909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6CE55 #555DD6

analogous

#D68D55 #D6CE55 #9DD655

triadic

#D6CE55 #55D6CE #CE55D6

tetradic

#D6CE55 #55D68D #555DD6 #D6559D

square

#D6CE55 #55D68D #555DD6 #D6559D

split-complementary

#D6CE55 #559DD6 #8D55D6

monochromatic

#8E8822 #C0B72E #D6CE55 #E2DC86 #EEEAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#D6CE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.82

#D6CE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6CE55

12.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6CE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6CE55	1.00	1.64	12.82	12.82
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC747

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5C1B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6ce55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 206, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.142 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5dc8a',
    500: '#d6ce55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6ce55;
$custom-light: #e5dc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6ce55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.279,
    "s": 61.137,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.835,
    "c": 0.14151,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6CE55

secondary

#3B4194

accent

#4EE444

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6CE55

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

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