#D6B855#D6B855

#D6B855 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.123 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6B855
RGB	rgb(214, 184, 85)
HSL	hsl(46, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 60.3%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.60, -0.80, 53.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.60, 53.18, 90.86°)
OKLab	oklab(78.94% -0.0054 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(78.94% 0.123 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.5138, 49.2354, 15.6459)
Luminance	0.4923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6B855 #5573D6

analogous

#D67755 #D6B855 #B3D655

triadic

#D6B855 #55D6B8 #B855D6

tetradic

#D6B855 #55D677 #5573D6 #D655B3

square

#D6B855 #55D677 #5573D6 #D655B3

split-complementary

#D6B855 #55B3D6 #7755D6

monochromatic

#8E7522 #C09E2E #D6B855 #E2CD86 #EEE1B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#D6B855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#D6B855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6B855

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6B855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6B855	1.00	1.94	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB54B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6ABA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6b855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 184, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.123 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6cd88',
    500: '#d6b855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6b855;
$custom-light: #e6cd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6b855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.047,
    "s": 61.137,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78944,
    "c": 0.12291,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6B855

secondary

#AAB6DD

accent

#69E444

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6B855

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

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