#D6D259#D6D259

#D6D259 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.611; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.142 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6D259
RGB	rgb(214, 210, 89)
HSL	hsl(58, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(58, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 58.4%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.44, -13.85, 59.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.44, 60.60, 103.21°)
OKLab	oklab(84.38% -0.0423 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(84.38% 0.142 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.5829, 61.1122, 18.4752)
Luminance	0.6111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6D259 #595DD6

analogous

#D69459 #D6D259 #9CD659

triadic

#D6D259 #59D6D2 #D259D6

tetradic

#D6D259 #59D694 #595DD6 #D6599C

square

#D6D259 #59D694 #595DD6 #D6599C

split-complementary

#D6D259 #599CD6 #9459D6

monochromatic

#918D24 #C2BD30 #D6D259 #E2DF8A #EEEDBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#D6D259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.22

#D6D259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6D259

13.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6D259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6D259	1.00	1.59	13.22	13.22
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CA4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4C6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6d259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 210, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.142 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5df8c',
    500: '#d6d259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6d259;
$custom-light: #e5df8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6d259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.08,
    "s": 60.386,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84383,
    "c": 0.14219,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.61111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6D259

secondary

#3D4096

accent

#49E444

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6D259

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

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