#D6E557#D6E557

#D6E557 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.710; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.164 H 114.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6E557
RGB	rgb(214, 229, 87)
HSL	hsl(66, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(66, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 0%, 62%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.50, -23.30, 65.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.50, 69.36, 109.63°)
OKLab	oklab(88.42% -0.0692 0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(88.42% 0.164 114.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.4725, 71.0238, 19.6963)
Luminance	0.7102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6E557 #6657E5

analogous

#E5AD57 #D6E557 #8FE557

triadic

#D6E557 #57D6E5 #E557D6

tetradic

#D6E557 #57E5AD #6657E5 #E5578F

square

#D6E557 #57E5AD #6657E5 #E5578F

split-complementary

#D6E557 #578FE5 #AD57E5

monochromatic

#99A81A #C9DD22 #D6E557 #E3ED8C #F0F5C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#D6E557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.20

#D6E557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6E557

15.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6E557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6E557	1.00	1.38	15.20	15.20
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DD60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3D9C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6e557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 229, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.164 114.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6ed8c',
    500: '#d6e557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6e557;
$custom-light: #e6ed8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6e557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.338,
    "s": 73.196,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88418,
    "c": 0.1642,
    "h": 114.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.71023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6E557

secondary

#4337AA

accent

#10D525

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6E557

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

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