#D6D440#D6D440

#D6D440 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.162 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6D440
RGB	rgb(214, 212, 64)
HSL	hsl(59, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 70.1%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.78, -16.32, 69.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.78, 71.22, 103.25°)
OKLab	oklab(84.6% -0.0519 0.1538)
OKLCH	oklch(84.6% 0.162 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.2024, 61.7549, 14.0196)
Luminance	0.6175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6D440 #4042D6

analogous

#D68940 #D6D440 #8DD640

triadic

#D6D440 #40D6D4 #D440D6

tetradic

#D6D440 #40D689 #4042D6 #D6408D

square

#D6D440 #40D689 #4042D6 #D6408D

split-complementary

#D6D440 #408DD6 #8940D6

monochromatic

#807F1B #B2B126 #D6D440 #E1DF72 #ECEBA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#D6D440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.35

#D6D440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6D440

13.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6D440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6D440	1.00	1.57	13.35	13.35
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CB26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D04B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5C6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6d440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 212, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.162 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6e07e',
    500: '#d6d440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6d440;
$custom-light: #e6e07e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6d440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.2,
    "s": 64.655,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84597,
    "c": 0.16232,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.61753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6D440

secondary

#333487

accent

#42E840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6D440

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

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