#D6D579#D6D579

#D6D579 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.633; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.115 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6D579
RGB	rgb(214, 213, 121)
HSL	hsl(59, 53%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(59, 43%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 43.5%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.58, -12.63, 45.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.58, 47.15, 105.54°)
OKLab	oklab(85.41% -0.0356 0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(85.41% 0.115 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.9780, 63.2664, 27.4010)
Luminance	0.6327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6D579 #797AD6

analogous

#D6A679 #D6D579 #A8D679

triadic

#D6D579 #79D6D5 #D579D6

tetradic

#D6D579 #79D6A6 #797AD6 #D679A8

square

#D6D579 #79D6A6 #797AD6 #D679A8

split-complementary

#D6D579 #79A8D6 #A679D6

monochromatic

#A3A232 #C8C64A #D6D579 #E4E4A8 #F3F2D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#D6D579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.65

#D6D579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6D579

13.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6D579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6D579	1.00	1.54	13.65	13.65
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CE71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D27D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E2CBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6d579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 213, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.115 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4e1a1',
    500: '#d6d579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6d579;
$custom-light: #e4e1a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6d579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.355,
    "s": 53.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85406,
    "c": 0.11492,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.63265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6D579

secondary

#4C4DA7

accent

#27C125

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6D579

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

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