#D6E957#D6E957

#D6E957 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.733; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.169 H 116.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6E957
RGB	rgb(214, 233, 87)
HSL	hsl(68, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(68, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 62.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.57, -25.21, 66.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.57, 71.10, 110.77°)
OKLab	oklab(89.28% -0.0746 0.1513)
OKLCH	oklch(89.28% 0.169 116.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.5920, 73.2629, 20.0695)
Luminance	0.7326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6E957 #6A57E9

analogous

#E9B357 #D6E957 #8DE957

triadic

#D6E957 #57D6E9 #E957D6

tetradic

#D6E957 #57E9B3 #6A57E9 #E9578D

square

#D6E957 #57E9B3 #6A57E9 #E9578D

split-complementary

#D6E957 #578DE9 #B357E9

monochromatic

#9BAF17 #C9E221 #D6E957 #E3F08D #F0F7C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#D6E957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.65

#D6E957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6E957

15.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6E957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6E957	1.00	1.34	15.65	15.65
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DE44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7DF61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3DDCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6e957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 233, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.169 116.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6f08d',
    500: '#d6e957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6e957;
$custom-light: #e6f08d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6e957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.808,
    "s": 76.842,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89281,
    "c": 0.1687,
    "h": 116.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.73262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6E957

secondary

#4535AF

accent

#0CD927

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FDFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#16160D

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6E957

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

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