#D6D178#D6D178

#D6D178 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.613; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.112 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6D178
RGB	rgb(214, 209, 120)
HSL	hsl(57, 53%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(57, 44%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 43.9%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.52, -10.72, 44.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.52, 45.86, 103.51°)
OKLab	oklab(84.55% -0.0302 0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(84.55% 0.112 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.9233, 61.2545, 26.7484)
Luminance	0.6125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6D178 #787DD6

analogous

#D6A278 #D6D178 #ACD678

triadic

#D6D178 #78D6D1 #D178D6

tetradic

#D6D178 #78D6A2 #787DD6 #D678AC

square

#D6D178 #78D6A2 #787DD6 #D678AC

split-complementary

#D6D178 #78ACD6 #A278D6

monochromatic

#A29C31 #C8C149 #D6D178 #E4E1A7 #F3F1D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#D6D178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.25

#D6D178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6D178

13.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6D178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6D178	1.00	1.58	13.25	13.25
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFCB71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CF7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E2C7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6d178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 209, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.112 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4dea0',
    500: '#d6d178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6d178;
$custom-light: #e4dea0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6d178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.809,
    "s": 53.409,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84554,
    "c": 0.11151,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.61253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6D178

secondary

#4C51A6

accent

#2DC125

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6D178

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

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