#D6B949#D6B949

#D6B949 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.133 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6B949
RGB	rgb(214, 185, 73)
HSL	hsl(48, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 65.9%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.75, -2.09, 58.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.75, 58.71, 92.04°)
OKLab	oklab(79.03% -0.0106 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(79.03% 0.133 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.2853, 49.4775, 13.4142)
Luminance	0.4948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6B949 #4966D6

analogous

#D67349 #D6B949 #ADD649

triadic

#D6B949 #49D6B9 #B949D6

tetradic

#D6B949 #49D673 #4966D6 #D649AD

square

#D6B949 #49D673 #4966D6 #D649AD

split-complementary

#D6B949 #49ADD6 #7349D6

monochromatic

#86711E #B89B2A #D6B949 #E1CC7B #EDDFAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#D6B949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#D6B949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6B949

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6B949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6B949	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB63B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6ABA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6b949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 185, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.133 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6cd81',
    500: '#d6b949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6b949;
$custom-light: #e6cd81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6b949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.66,
    "s": 63.229,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79028,
    "c": 0.1332,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6B949

secondary

#A0ACDA

accent

#63E642

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6B949

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

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