#D6B451#D6B451

#D6B451 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.124 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6B451
RGB	rgb(214, 180, 81)
HSL	hsl(45, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(45, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 62.1%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.53, 1.03, 53.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.53, 53.83, 88.90°)
OKLab	oklab(78.09% -0.0006 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(78.09% 0.124 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.5402, 47.5353, 14.5595)
Luminance	0.4753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6B451 #5173D6

analogous

#D67251 #D6B451 #B5D651

triadic

#D6B451 #51D6B4 #B451D6

tetradic

#D6B451 #51D672 #5173D6 #D651B5

square

#D6B451 #51D672 #5173D6 #D651B5

split-complementary

#D6B451 #51B5D6 #7251D6

monochromatic

#8C7021 #BD982D #D6B451 #E2C983 #EDDFB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#D6B451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#D6B451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6B451

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6B451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6B451	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B246

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6A79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6b451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 180, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.124 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6ca85',
    500: '#d6b451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6b451;
$custom-light: #e6ca85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6b451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.662,
    "s": 61.86,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7809,
    "c": 0.12364,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6B451

secondary

#A7B4DC

accent

#6CE543

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6B451

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

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