#D6D161#D6D161

#D6D161 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.134 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6D161
RGB	rgb(214, 209, 97)
HSL	hsl(57, 59%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(57, 55%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 54.7%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.25, -12.75, 55.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.25, 56.67, 103.00°)
OKLab	oklab(84.26% -0.0383 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(84.26% 0.134 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.6912, 60.7617, 20.2595)
Luminance	0.6076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6D161 #6166D6

analogous

#D69661 #D6D161 #A0D661

triadic

#D6D161 #61D6D1 #D161D6

tetradic

#D6D161 #61D696 #6166D6 #D661A0

square

#D6D161 #61D696 #6166D6 #D661A0

split-complementary

#D6D161 #61A0D6 #9661D6

monochromatic

#969127 #C6C033 #D6D161 #E3DF92 #EFEDC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#D6D161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.15

#D6D161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6D161

13.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6D161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6D161	1.00	1.60	13.15	13.15
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0CA56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CF67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4C5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6d161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 209, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.134 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5de91',
    500: '#d6d161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6d161;
$custom-light: #e5de91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6d161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.436,
    "s": 58.794,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84257,
    "c": 0.13421,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.6076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6D161

secondary

#40449B

accent

#26C61F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6D161

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

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