#D6D640#D6D640

#D6D640 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.628; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.164 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6D640
RGB	rgb(214, 214, 64)
HSL	hsl(60, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(60, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 70.1%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.32, -17.31, 69.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.32, 71.95, 103.92°)
OKLab	oklab(85.02% -0.0547 0.1549)
OKLCH	oklch(85.02% 0.164 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.7054, 62.7610, 14.1872)
Luminance	0.6276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6D640 #4040D6

analogous

#D68B40 #D6D640 #8BD640

triadic

#D6D640 #40D6D6 #D640D6

tetradic

#D6D640 #40D68B #4040D6 #D6408B

square

#D6D640 #40D68B #4040D6 #D6408B

split-complementary

#D6D640 #408BD6 #8B40D6

monochromatic

#80801B #B2B226 #D6D640 #E1E172 #ECECA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#D6D640 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.55

#D6D640 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6D640

13.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6D640	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6D640	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)

#E7CD26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D24B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5C8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6d640;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 214, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.164 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6e27e',
    500: '#d6d640',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6d640;
$custom-light: #e6e27e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6d640",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 64.655,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85023,
    "c": 0.16425,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.62759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6D640

secondary

#333387

accent

#40E840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6D640

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

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