#D6E257#D6E257

#D6E257 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.694; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.161 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6E257
RGB	rgb(214, 226, 87)
HSL	hsl(65, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(65, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 0%, 61.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.69, -21.85, 64.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.69, 68.07, 108.72°)
OKLab	oklab(87.77% -0.0651 0.1471)
OKLCH	oklch(87.77% 0.161 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.6496, 69.3780, 19.4220)
Luminance	0.6938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6E257 #6357E2

analogous

#E2A957 #D6E257 #91E257

triadic

#D6E257 #57D6E2 #E257D6

tetradic

#D6E257 #57E2A9 #6357E2 #E25791

square

#D6E257 #57E2A9 #6357E2 #E25791

split-complementary

#D6E257 #5791E2 #A957E2

monochromatic

#97A31C #C7D725 #D6E257 #E3EB8B #EFF4BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#D6E257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.88

#D6E257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6E257

14.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6E257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6E257	1.00	1.41	14.88	14.88
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D846

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3D6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6e257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 226, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.161 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6eb8c',
    500: '#d6e257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6e257;
$custom-light: #e6eb8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6e257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.18,
    "s": 70.558,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87773,
    "c": 0.16087,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.69377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6E257

secondary

#4138A5

accent

#13D323

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6E257

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

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