#D6D459#D6D459

#D6D459 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.144 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6D459
RGB	rgb(214, 212, 89)
HSL	hsl(59, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(59, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 58.4%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.97, -14.84, 59.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.97, 61.41, 103.99°)
OKLab	oklab(84.81% -0.0452 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(84.81% 0.144 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.0798, 62.1059, 18.6408)
Luminance	0.6210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6D459 #595BD6

analogous

#D69659 #D6D459 #9AD659

triadic

#D6D459 #59D6D4 #D459D6

tetradic

#D6D459 #59D696 #595BD6 #D6599A

square

#D6D459 #59D696 #595BD6 #D6599A

split-complementary

#D6D459 #599AD6 #9659D6

monochromatic

#918F24 #C2C030 #D6D459 #E2E18A #EEEDBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#D6D459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.42

#D6D459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6D459

13.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6D459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6D459	1.00	1.56	13.42	13.42
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CC4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D160

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4C8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6d459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 212, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.144 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5e18c',
    500: '#d6d459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6d459;
$custom-light: #e5e18c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6d459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.04,
    "s": 60.386,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84806,
    "c": 0.14424,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.62104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6D459

secondary

#3D3E96

accent

#47E444

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6D459

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

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