#D6E255#D6E255

#D6E255 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.693; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.162 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6E255
RGB	rgb(214, 226, 85)
HSL	hsl(65, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(65, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 0%, 62.4%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.67, -21.98, 65.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.67, 68.87, 108.61°)
OKLab	oklab(87.76% -0.0657 0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(87.76% 0.162 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.5690, 69.3458, 18.9977)
Luminance	0.6935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6E255 #6155E2

analogous

#E2A755 #D6E255 #8FE255

triadic

#D6E255 #55D6E2 #E255D6

tetradic

#D6E255 #55E2A7 #6155E2 #E2558F

square

#D6E255 #55E2A7 #6155E2 #E2558F

split-complementary

#D6E255 #558FE2 #A755E2

monochromatic

#96A11B #C6D524 #D6E255 #E3EB89 #EFF4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#D6E255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.87

#D6E255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6E255

14.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6E255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6E255	1.00	1.41	14.87	14.87
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D843

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3D5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6e255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 226, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.162 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6eb8b',
    500: '#d6e255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6e255;
$custom-light: #e6eb8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6e255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.106,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87755,
    "c": 0.16239,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.69345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6E255

secondary

#4037A4

accent

#13D323

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6E255

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

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