#D6D659#D6D659

#D6D659 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.631; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.146 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6D659
RGB	rgb(214, 214, 89)
HSL	hsl(60, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(60, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 58.4%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.50, -15.84, 60.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.50, 62.22, 104.75°)
OKLab	oklab(85.23% -0.048 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(85.23% 0.146 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.5829, 63.1120, 18.8085)
Luminance	0.6311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6D659 #5959D6

analogous

#D69859 #D6D659 #98D659

triadic

#D6D659 #59D6D6 #D659D6

tetradic

#D6D659 #59D698 #5959D6 #D65998

square

#D6D659 #59D698 #5959D6 #D65998

split-complementary

#D6D659 #5998D6 #9859D6

monochromatic

#919124 #C2C230 #D6D659 #E2E28A #EEEEBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#D6D659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.62

#D6D659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6D659

13.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6D659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6D659	1.00	1.54	13.62	13.62
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CE4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D260

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4CABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6d659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 214, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.146 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5e28d',
    500: '#d6d659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6d659;
$custom-light: #e5e28d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6d659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 60.386,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8523,
    "c": 0.14632,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.63111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6D659

secondary

#3D3D96

accent

#44E444

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6D659

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

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