#D6D16D#D6D16D

#D6D16D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.123 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6D16D
RGB	rgb(214, 209, 109)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(57, 49%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 49.1%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.38, -11.75, 49.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.38, 51.14, 103.28°)
OKLab	oklab(84.4% -0.0342 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(84.4% 0.123 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.2936, 61.0027, 23.4324)
Luminance	0.6100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6D16D #6D72D6

analogous

#D69C6D #D6D16D #A6D66D

triadic

#D6D16D #6DD6D1 #D16DD6

tetradic

#D6D16D #6DD69C #6D72D6 #D66DA6

square

#D6D16D #6DD69C #6D72D6 #D66DA6

split-complementary

#D6D16D #6DA6D6 #9C6DD6

monochromatic

#9D972C #C9C23D #D6D16D #E3E09D #F1EFCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#D6D16D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.20

#D6D16D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6D16D

13.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6D16D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6D16D	1.00	1.59	13.20	13.20
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0CA64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CF72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3C6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6d16d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 209, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.123 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5de99',
    500: '#d6d16d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6d16d;
$custom-light: #e5de99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6d16d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.143,
    "s": 56.15,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84402,
    "c": 0.12282,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.61001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6D16D

secondary

#464AA1

accent

#2AC422

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6D16D

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

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