#D6D261#D6D261

#D6D261 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.613; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.135 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6D261
RGB	rgb(214, 210, 97)
HSL	hsl(58, 59%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(58, 55%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 54.7%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.52, -13.25, 55.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.52, 57.08, 103.43°)
OKLab	oklab(84.47% -0.0398 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(84.47% 0.135 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.9373, 61.2539, 20.3416)
Luminance	0.6125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6D261 #6165D6

analogous

#D69761 #D6D261 #9FD661

triadic

#D6D261 #61D6D2 #D261D6

tetradic

#D6D261 #61D697 #6165D6 #D6619F

square

#D6D261 #61D697 #6165D6 #D6619F

split-complementary

#D6D261 #619FD6 #9761D6

monochromatic

#969227 #C6C133 #D6D261 #E3E092 #EFEEC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#D6D261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.25

#D6D261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6D261

13.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6D261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6D261	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)

#E1CB56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D067

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4C6B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6d261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 210, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.135 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5df91',
    500: '#d6d261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6d261;
$custom-light: #e5df91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6d261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.949,
    "s": 58.794,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84468,
    "c": 0.13524,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.61252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6D261

secondary

#40449B

accent

#25C61F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6D261

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

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