#D6B239#D6B239

#D6B239 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.140 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6B239
RGB	rgb(214, 178, 57)
HSL	hsl(46, 66%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 73%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 73.4%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.83, 0.75, 63.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.83, 63.18, 89.32°)
OKLab	oklab(77.47% -0.0043 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(77.47% 0.14 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.3929, 46.4350, 10.4947)
Luminance	0.4643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6B239 #395DD6

analogous

#D66339 #D6B239 #ABD639

triadic

#D6B239 #39D6B2 #B239D6

tetradic

#D6B239 #39D663 #395DD6 #D639AB

square

#D6B239 #39D663 #395DD6 #D639AB

split-complementary

#D6B239 #39ABD6 #6339D6

monochromatic

#7B6519 #AE8E24 #D6B239 #E0C66C #EBD99E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#D6B239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#D6B239 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6B239

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6B239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6B239	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6AF26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7A39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6b239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 178, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.140 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7c877',
    500: '#d6b239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6b239;
$custom-light: #e7c877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6b239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.242,
    "s": 65.69,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77473,
    "c": 0.13958,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6B239

secondary

#94A3D7

accent

#66E93F

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#171309

muted

#85827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6B239

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

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