#D6D956#D6D956

#D6D956 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.646; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.152 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6D956
RGB	rgb(214, 217, 86)
HSL	hsl(61, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(61, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 0%, 60.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.27, -17.53, 62.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.27, 64.71, 105.72°)
OKLab	oklab(85.84% -0.0531 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(85.84% 0.152 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.2257, 64.5951, 18.4139)
Luminance	0.6459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6D956 #5956D9

analogous

#D99B56 #D6D956 #95D956

triadic

#D6D956 #56D6D9 #D956D6

tetradic

#D6D956 #56D99B #5956D9 #D95695

square

#D6D956 #56D99B #5956D9 #D95695

split-complementary

#D6D956 #5695D9 #9B56D9

monochromatic

#919321 #C2C52C #D6D956 #E2E488 #EEEFBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#D6D956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.92

#D6D956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6D956

13.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6D956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6D956	1.00	1.51	13.92	13.92
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D046

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD45E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4CCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6d956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 217, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.152 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5e48b',
    500: '#d6d956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6d956;
$custom-light: #e5e48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6d956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.374,
    "s": 63.285,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85839,
    "c": 0.1519,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.64594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6D956

secondary

#3D3B98

accent

#41E645

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6D956

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

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