#D6B251#D6B251

#D6B251 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.122 H 88.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6B251
RGB	rgb(214, 178, 81)
HSL	hsl(44, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(44, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 62.1%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.02, 2.09, 53.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.02, 53.29, 87.76°)
OKLab	oklab(77.69% 0.0024 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(77.69% 0.122 88.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.1394, 46.7336, 14.4259)
Luminance	0.4673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6B251 #5175D6

analogous

#D66F51 #D6B251 #B8D651

triadic

#D6B251 #51D6B2 #B251D6

tetradic

#D6B251 #51D66F #5175D6 #D651B8

square

#D6B251 #51D66F #5175D6 #D651B8

split-complementary

#D6B251 #51B8D6 #6F51D6

monochromatic

#8C6F21 #BD962D #D6B251 #E2C883 #EDDEB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#D6B251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#D6B251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6B251

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6B251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6B251	1.00	2.03	10.35	10.35
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B047

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7A59D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6b251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 178, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.122 88.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6c885',
    500: '#d6b251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6b251;
$custom-light: #e6c885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6b251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.759,
    "s": 61.86,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77686,
    "c": 0.12245,
    "h": 88.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6B251

secondary

#A7B5DC

accent

#6FE543

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6B251

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

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