#D6B962#D6B962

#D6B962 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.112 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6B962
RGB	rgb(214, 185, 98)
HSL	hsl(45, 59%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(45, 54%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 54.2%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.99, -0.34, 47.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.99, 47.46, 90.41°)
OKLab	oklab(79.3% -0.0025 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(79.3% 0.112 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.2870, 49.8782, 18.6896)
Luminance	0.4988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6B962 #627FD6

analogous

#D67F62 #D6B962 #B9D662

triadic

#D6B962 #62D6B9 #B962D6

tetradic

#D6B962 #62D67F #627FD6 #D662B9

square

#D6B962 #62D67F #627FD6 #D662B9

split-complementary

#D6B962 #62B9D6 #7F62D6

monochromatic

#967B27 #C7A234 #D6B962 #E3CF93 #EFE4C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#D6B962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#D6B962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6B962

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6B962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6B962	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB65A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BF65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5ADA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6b962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 185, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.112 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5cd91',
    500: '#d6b962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6b962;
$custom-light: #e5cd91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6b962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 58.586,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79302,
    "c": 0.11194,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6B962

secondary

#B4BFE0

accent

#49C61F

background

#FEFCF9

surface

#FDF9F1

border

#D5D2CB

text

#16130D

muted

#84827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6B962

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

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