#D6E962#D6E962

#D6E962 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.735; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.160 H 116.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6E962
RGB	rgb(214, 233, 98)
HSL	hsl(68, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(68, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 57.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.67, -24.44, 62.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.67, 66.65, 111.51°)
OKLab	oklab(89.39% -0.0713 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(89.39% 0.16 116.5)
XYZ	xyz(59.0762, 73.4565, 22.6193)
Luminance	0.7346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6E962 #7562E9

analogous

#E9B862 #D6E962 #93E962

triadic

#D6E962 #62D6E9 #E962D6

tetradic

#D6E962 #62E9B8 #7562E9 #E96293

square

#D6E962 #62E9B8 #7562E9 #E96293

split-complementary

#D6E962 #6293E9 #B862E9

monochromatic

#A1B71A #C8E12C #D6E962 #E4F198 #F2F8CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#D6E962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.69

#D6E962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6E962

15.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6E962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6E962	1.00	1.34	15.69	15.69
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DE53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E06A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E2DDCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6e962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 233, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.160 116.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5f093',
    500: '#d6e962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6e962;
$custom-light: #e5f093;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6e962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.444,
    "s": 75.419,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89385,
    "c": 0.16001,
    "h": 116.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.73456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6E962

secondary

#4A38B7

accent

#0ED82A

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FDFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#16160D

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6E962

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

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