#D6B856#D6B856

#D6B856 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.122 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6B856
RGB	rgb(214, 184, 86)
HSL	hsl(46, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 59.8%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.61, -0.73, 52.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.61, 52.73, 90.79°)
OKLab	oklab(78.96% -0.0051 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(78.96% 0.122 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.5538, 49.2514, 15.8566)
Luminance	0.4925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6B856 #5674D6

analogous

#D67856 #D6B856 #B4D656

triadic

#D6B856 #56D6B8 #B856D6

tetradic

#D6B856 #56D678 #5674D6 #D656B4

square

#D6B856 #56D678 #5674D6 #D656B4

split-complementary

#D6B856 #56B4D6 #7856D6

monochromatic

#8F7623 #C09E2F #D6B856 #E2CD87 #EEE1B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#D6B856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#D6B856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6B856

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6B856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6B856	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)

#CAB54C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6ABA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6b856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 184, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.122 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6cd89',
    500: '#d6b856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6b856;
$custom-light: #e6cd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6b856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.938,
    "s": 60.952,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78955,
    "c": 0.12207,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6B856

secondary

#ABB7DD

accent

#69E444

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6B856

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

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