#D6B656#D6B656

#D6B656 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.121 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6B656
RGB	rgb(214, 182, 86)
HSL	hsl(45, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(45, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 59.8%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.09, 0.32, 52.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.09, 52.14, 89.65°)
OKLab	oklab(78.55% -0.002 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(78.55% 0.121 91)
XYZ	xyz(46.1413, 48.4264, 15.7191)
Luminance	0.4842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6B656 #5676D6

analogous

#D67656 #D6B656 #B6D656

triadic

#D6B656 #56D6B6 #B656D6

tetradic

#D6B656 #56D676 #5676D6 #D656B6

square

#D6B656 #56D676 #5676D6 #D656B6

split-complementary

#D6B656 #56B6D6 #7656D6

monochromatic

#8F7423 #C09C2F #D6B656 #E2CB87 #EEE1B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#D6B656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#D6B656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6B656

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6B656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6B656	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B44C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6A9A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6b656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 182, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.121 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6cb89',
    500: '#d6b656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6b656;
$custom-light: #e6cb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6b656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 60.952,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78549,
    "c": 0.12073,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.48424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6B656

secondary

#ABB7DD

accent

#6CE444

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6B656

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

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