#D6D540#D6D540

#D6D540 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.623; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.163 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6D540
RGB	rgb(214, 213, 64)
HSL	hsl(60, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(60, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 70.1%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.05, -16.81, 69.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.05, 71.59, 103.59°)
OKLab	oklab(84.81% -0.0533 0.1543)
OKLCH	oklch(84.81% 0.163 109)
XYZ	xyz(52.4531, 62.2564, 14.1031)
Luminance	0.6226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6D540 #4041D6

analogous

#D68A40 #D6D540 #8CD640

triadic

#D6D540 #40D6D5 #D540D6

tetradic

#D6D540 #40D68A #4041D6 #D6408C

square

#D6D540 #40D68A #4041D6 #D6408C

split-complementary

#D6D540 #408CD6 #8A40D6

monochromatic

#807F1B #B2B226 #D6D540 #E1E072 #ECEBA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#D6D540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.45

#D6D540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6D540

13.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6D540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6D540	1.00	1.56	13.45	13.45
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CC26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D14B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5C7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6d540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 213, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.163 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6e17e',
    500: '#d6d540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6d540;
$custom-light: #e6e17e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6d540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.6,
    "s": 64.655,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8481,
    "c": 0.16328,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.62255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6D540

secondary

#333487

accent

#41E840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6D540

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

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