#D6D856#D6D856

#D6D856 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.641; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.151 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6D856
RGB	rgb(214, 216, 86)
HSL	hsl(61, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(61, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 60.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.01, -17.03, 62.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.01, 64.30, 105.36°)
OKLab	oklab(85.63% -0.0517 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(85.63% 0.151 110)
XYZ	xyz(53.9687, 64.0811, 18.3283)
Luminance	0.6408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6D856 #5856D8

analogous

#D89956 #D6D856 #95D856

triadic

#D6D856 #56D6D8 #D856D6

tetradic

#D6D856 #56D899 #5856D8 #D85695

square

#D6D856 #56D899 #5856D8 #D85695

split-complementary

#D6D856 #5695D8 #9956D8

monochromatic

#909222 #C1C42D #D6D856 #E2E388 #EEEFB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#D6D856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.82

#D6D856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6D856

13.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6D856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6D856	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)

#E8CF47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D35E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4CBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6d856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 216, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.151 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5e38b',
    500: '#d6d856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6d856;
$custom-light: #e5e38b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6d856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.923,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85626,
    "c": 0.15085,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.6408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6D856

secondary

#3D3B97

accent

#42E645

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6D856

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

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