#D6D596#D6D596

#D6D596 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.641; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.082 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6D596
RGB	rgb(214, 213, 150)
HSL	hsl(59, 44%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(59, 30%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 29.9%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.01, -9.36, 31.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.01, 32.73, 106.62°)
OKLab	oklab(85.89% -0.0243 0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(85.89% 0.082 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.0311, 64.0876, 38.2140)
Luminance	0.6409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6D596 #9697D6

analogous

#D6B596 #D6D596 #B7D696

triadic

#D6D596 #96D6D5 #D596D6

tetradic

#D6D596 #96D6B5 #9697D6 #D696B7

square

#D6D596 #96D6B5 #9697D6 #D696B7

split-complementary

#D6D596 #96B7D6 #B596D6

monochromatic

#AEAC44 #C5C36A #D6D596 #E7E7C2 #F6F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#D6D596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.82

#D6D596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6D596

13.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6D596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6D596	1.00	1.52	13.82	13.82
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFD092

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1D398

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DFCDC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6d596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 213, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.082 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e3e1b5',
    500: '#d6d596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6d596;
$custom-light: #e3e1b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6d596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.063,
    "s": 43.836,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85887,
    "c": 0.08192,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.64087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6D596

secondary

#6465AD

accent

#31B72F

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#151511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6D596

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

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