#D6D656#D6D656

#D6D656 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.631; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.149 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6D656
RGB	rgb(214, 214, 86)
HSL	hsl(60, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(60, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 59.8%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.48, -16.04, 61.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.48, 63.48, 104.64°)
OKLab	oklab(85.2% -0.0489 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(85.2% 0.149 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.4594, 63.0626, 18.1585)
Luminance	0.6306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6D656 #5656D6

analogous

#D69656 #D6D656 #96D656

triadic

#D6D656 #56D6D6 #D656D6

tetradic

#D6D656 #56D696 #5656D6 #D65696

square

#D6D656 #56D696 #5656D6 #D65696

split-complementary

#D6D656 #5696D6 #9656D6

monochromatic

#8F8F23 #C0C02F #D6D656 #E2E287 #EEEEB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#D6D656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.61

#D6D656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6D656

13.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6D656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6D656	1.00	1.54	13.61	13.61
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CE47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D25E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4C9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6d656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 214, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.149 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5e28b',
    500: '#d6d656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6d656;
$custom-light: #e5e28b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6d656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 60.952,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85201,
    "c": 0.14876,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.63061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6D656

secondary

#3C3C95

accent

#44E444

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6D656

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

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