#D6E256#D6E256

#D6E256 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.694; 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	#D6E256
RGB	rgb(214, 226, 86)
HSL	hsl(65, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(65, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 0%, 61.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.68, -21.92, 64.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.68, 68.47, 108.67°)
OKLab	oklab(87.76% -0.0654 0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(87.76% 0.162 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.6090, 69.3618, 19.2084)
Luminance	0.6936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6E256 #6256E2

analogous

#E2A856 #D6E256 #90E256

triadic

#D6E256 #56D6E2 #E256D6

tetradic

#D6E256 #56E2A8 #6256E2 #E25690

square

#D6E256 #56E2A8 #6256E2 #E25690

split-complementary

#D6E256 #5690E2 #A856E2

monochromatic

#96A21C #C7D625 #D6E256 #E3EB8A #EFF4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#D6E256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.87

#D6E256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6E256

14.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6E256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6E256	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)

#F2D845

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3D6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6e256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 226, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.162 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6eb8c',
    500: '#d6e256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6e256;
$custom-light: #e6eb8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6e256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.143,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87764,
    "c": 0.16164,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.69361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6E256

secondary

#4138A5

accent

#13D323

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6E256

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

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