#D6D562#D6D562

#D6D562 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.628; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.138 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6D562
RGB	rgb(214, 213, 98)
HSL	hsl(59, 59%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(59, 54%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 54.2%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.32, -14.67, 55.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.32, 57.88, 104.69°)
OKLab	oklab(85.11% -0.0437 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(85.11% 0.138 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.7318, 62.7679, 20.8379)
Luminance	0.6277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6D562 #6263D6

analogous

#D69B62 #D6D562 #9DD662

triadic

#D6D562 #62D6D5 #D562D6

tetradic

#D6D562 #62D69B #6263D6 #D6629D

square

#D6D562 #62D69B #6263D6 #D6629D

split-complementary

#D6D562 #629DD6 #9B62D6

monochromatic

#969527 #C7C634 #D6D562 #E3E293 #EFEFC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#D6D562 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.55

#D6D562 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6D562

13.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6D562	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6D562	1.00	1.55	13.55	13.55
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CD56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D268

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3C9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6d562;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 213, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.138 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5e192',
    500: '#d6d562',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6d562;
$custom-light: #e5e192;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6d562",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.483,
    "s": 58.586,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85112,
    "c": 0.13751,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.62766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6D562

secondary

#41429B

accent

#21C61F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6D562

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

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