#D6E856#D6E856

#D6E856 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.727; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.168 H 115.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6E856
RGB	rgb(214, 232, 86)
HSL	hsl(67, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(67, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 62.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.30, -24.80, 66.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.30, 71.05, 110.43°)
OKLab	oklab(89.06% -0.0735 0.1514)
OKLCH	oklch(89.06% 0.168 115.9)
XYZ	xyz(58.2692, 72.6821, 19.7618)
Luminance	0.7268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6E856 #6856E8

analogous

#E8B156 #D6E856 #8DE856

triadic

#D6E856 #56D6E8 #E856D6

tetradic

#D6E856 #56E8B1 #6856E8 #E8568D

square

#D6E856 #56E8B1 #6856E8 #E8568D

split-complementary

#D6E856 #568DE8 #B156E8

monochromatic

#9AAC17 #C9E120 #D6E856 #E3EF8C #F0F7C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#D6E856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.54

#D6E856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6E856

15.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6E856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6E856	1.00	1.35	15.54	15.54
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DD43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3DCCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6e856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 232, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.168 115.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6ef8c',
    500: '#d6e856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6e856;
$custom-light: #e6ef8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6e856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.397,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89057,
    "c": 0.16832,
    "h": 115.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.72681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6E856

secondary

#4435AD

accent

#0DD826

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6E856

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

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