#D6B550#D6B550

#D6B550 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.125 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6B550
RGB	rgb(214, 181, 80)
HSL	hsl(45, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(45, 63%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 62.6%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.78, 0.44, 54.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.78, 54.54, 89.54°)
OKLab	oklab(78.28% -0.0024 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(78.28% 0.125 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.7056, 47.9256, 14.4310)
Luminance	0.4792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6B550 #5071D6

analogous

#D67250 #D6B550 #B4D650

triadic

#D6B550 #50D6B5 #B550D6

tetradic

#D6B550 #50D672 #5071D6 #D650B4

square

#D6B550 #50D672 #5071D6 #D650B4

split-complementary

#D6B550 #50B4D6 #7250D6

monochromatic

#8B7121 #BD992C #D6B550 #E2CA82 #EDDFB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#D6B550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#D6B550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6B550

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6B550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6B550	1.00	1.98	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B345

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6A89F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6b550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 181, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.125 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6ca85',
    500: '#d6b550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6b550;
$custom-light: #e6ca85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6b550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.224,
    "s": 62.037,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78282,
    "c": 0.12508,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6B550

secondary

#A6B3DC

accent

#6BE543

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6B550

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

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