#D6BA38#D6BA38

#D6BA38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.145 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6BA38
RGB	rgb(214, 186, 56)
HSL	hsl(49, 66%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(49, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 73.8%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.89, -3.48, 65.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.89, 65.62, 93.04°)
OKLab	oklab(79.1% -0.0164 0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(79.1% 0.145 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.0066, 49.7019, 10.9108)
Luminance	0.4970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6BA38 #3854D6

analogous

#D66B38 #D6BA38 #A3D638

triadic

#D6BA38 #38D6BA #BA38D6

tetradic

#D6BA38 #38D66B #3854D6 #D638A3

square

#D6BA38 #38D66B #3854D6 #D638A3

split-complementary

#D6BA38 #38A3D6 #6B38D6

monochromatic

#7A6919 #AD9524 #D6BA38 #E0CC6B #EBDD9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#D6BA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#D6BA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6BA38

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6BA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6BA38	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB621

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7ACA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6ba38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 186, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.145 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7ce78',
    500: '#d6ba38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6ba38;
$custom-light: #e7ce78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6ba38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.367,
    "s": 65.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79099,
    "c": 0.14525,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6BA38

secondary

#939FD7

accent

#5DE93F

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#171309

muted

#85827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6BA38

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

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