#D6D162#D6D162

#D6D162 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.133 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6D162
RGB	rgb(214, 209, 98)
HSL	hsl(57, 59%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(57, 54%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 54.2%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.26, -12.67, 54.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.26, 56.22, 103.03°)
OKLab	oklab(84.27% -0.038 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(84.27% 0.133 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.7381, 60.7805, 20.5066)
Luminance	0.6078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6D162 #6267D6

analogous

#D69762 #D6D162 #A1D662

triadic

#D6D162 #62D6D1 #D162D6

tetradic

#D6D162 #62D697 #6267D6 #D662A1

square

#D6D162 #62D697 #6267D6 #D662A1

split-complementary

#D6D162 #62A1D6 #9762D6

monochromatic

#969227 #C7C134 #D6D162 #E3DF93 #EFEDC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#D6D162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.16

#D6D162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6D162

13.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6D162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6D162	1.00	1.60	13.16	13.16
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0CA57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CF68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4C5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6d162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 209, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.133 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5de92',
    500: '#d6d162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6d162;
$custom-light: #e5de92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6d162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.414,
    "s": 58.586,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84269,
    "c": 0.1333,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.60779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6D162

secondary

#41459B

accent

#26C61F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6D162

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

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