#D6D255#D6D255

#D6D255 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.145 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6D255
RGB	rgb(214, 210, 85)
HSL	hsl(58, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(58, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 60.3%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.40, -14.12, 60.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.40, 62.31, 103.10°)
OKLab	oklab(84.34% -0.0435 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(84.34% 0.145 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.4195, 61.0468, 17.6145)
Luminance	0.6105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6D255 #5559D6

analogous

#D69155 #D6D255 #99D655

triadic

#D6D255 #55D6D2 #D255D6

tetradic

#D6D255 #55D691 #5559D6 #D65599

square

#D6D255 #55D691 #5559D6 #D65599

split-complementary

#D6D255 #5599D6 #9155D6

monochromatic

#8E8B22 #C0BB2E #D6D255 #E2DF86 #EEECB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#D6D255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.21

#D6D255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6D255

13.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6D255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6D255	1.00	1.59	13.21	13.21
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CA46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4C5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6d255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 210, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.145 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5df8a',
    500: '#d6d255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6d255;
$custom-light: #e5df8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6d255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.14,
    "s": 61.137,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84344,
    "c": 0.14547,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.61045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6D255

secondary

#3B3E94

accent

#49E444

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6D255

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

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