#D6D942#D6D942

#D6D942 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.643; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.166 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6D942
RGB	rgb(214, 217, 66)
HSL	hsl(61, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(61, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 0%, 69.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.13, -18.69, 69.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.13, 72.38, 104.96°)
OKLab	oklab(85.68% -0.0583 0.1554)
OKLCH	oklch(85.68% 0.166 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.5296, 64.3166, 14.7478)
Luminance	0.6431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6D942 #4542D9

analogous

#D99042 #D6D942 #8AD942

triadic

#D6D942 #42D6D9 #D942D6

tetradic

#D6D942 #42D990 #4542D9 #D9428A

square

#D6D942 #42D990 #4542D9 #D9428A

split-complementary

#D6D942 #428AD9 #9042D9

monochromatic

#84861B #B6B925 #D6D942 #E1E375 #ECEDA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#D6D942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.86

#D6D942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6D942

13.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6D942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6D942	1.00	1.51	13.86	13.86
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD028

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD44D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5CCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6d942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 217, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.166 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6e480',
    500: '#d6d942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6d942;
$custom-light: #e6e480;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6d942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.192,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85677,
    "c": 0.166,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.64315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6D942

secondary

#35338C

accent

#3EE942

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6D942

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

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