#D6CE57#D6CE57

#D6CE57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.140 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6CE57
RGB	rgb(214, 206, 87)
HSL	hsl(56, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(56, 59%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 59.3%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.36, -11.98, 58.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.36, 59.89, 101.53°)
OKLab	oklab(83.52% -0.0372 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(83.52% 0.14 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.5249, 59.1286, 17.7138)
Luminance	0.5913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6CE57 #575FD6

analogous

#D68F57 #D6CE57 #9FD657

triadic

#D6CE57 #57D6CE #CE57D6

tetradic

#D6CE57 #57D68F #575FD6 #D6579F

square

#D6CE57 #57D68F #575FD6 #D6579F

split-complementary

#D6CE57 #579FD6 #8F57D6

monochromatic

#908923 #C1B82F #D6CE57 #E2DC88 #EEEBB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#D6CE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.83

#D6CE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6CE57

12.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6CE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6CE57	1.00	1.64	12.83	12.83
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC74A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CD5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5C1B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6ce57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 206, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.140 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5dc8b',
    500: '#d6ce57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6ce57;
$custom-light: #e5dc8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6ce57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.22,
    "s": 60.766,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8352,
    "c": 0.13987,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6CE57

secondary

#3C4295

accent

#4EE444

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6CE57

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

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