#D6E457#D6E457

#D6E457 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.705; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.163 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6E457
RGB	rgb(214, 228, 87)
HSL	hsl(66, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(66, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 61.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.23, -22.82, 65.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.23, 68.93, 109.33°)
OKLab	oklab(88.2% -0.0679 0.1483)
OKLCH	oklch(88.2% 0.163 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.1966, 70.4720, 19.6044)
Luminance	0.7047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6E457 #6557E4

analogous

#E4AB57 #D6E457 #90E457

triadic

#D6E457 #57D6E4 #E457D6

tetradic

#D6E457 #57E4AB #6557E4 #E45790

square

#D6E457 #57E4AB #6557E4 #E45790

split-complementary

#D6E457 #5790E4 #AB57E4

monochromatic

#98A61B #C8DB23 #D6E457 #E3EC8C #F0F5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#D6E457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.09

#D6E457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6E457

15.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6E457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6E457	1.00	1.39	15.09	15.09
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D945

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3D8C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6e457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 228, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.163 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6ec8c',
    500: '#d6e457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6e457;
$custom-light: #e6ec8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6e457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.957,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88203,
    "c": 0.16309,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.70471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6E457

secondary

#4237A8

accent

#11D425

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6E457

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

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