#D6BC39#D6BC39

#D6BC39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.146 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6BC39
RGB	rgb(214, 188, 57)
HSL	hsl(50, 66%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(50, 73%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 73.4%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.41, -4.47, 65.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.41, 65.82, 93.90°)
OKLab	oklab(79.52% -0.0191 0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(79.52% 0.146 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.4556, 50.5604, 11.1823)
Luminance	0.5056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6BC39 #3953D6

analogous

#D66E39 #D6BC39 #A1D639

triadic

#D6BC39 #39D6BC #BC39D6

tetradic

#D6BC39 #39D66E #3953D6 #D639A1

square

#D6BC39 #39D66E #3953D6 #D639A1

split-complementary

#D6BC39 #39A1D6 #6E39D6

monochromatic

#7B6B19 #AE9724 #D6BC39 #E0CD6C #EBDE9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#D6BC39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#D6BC39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6BC39

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6BC39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6BC39	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB822

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C041

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7AEA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6bc39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 188, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.146 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7cf78',
    500: '#d6bc39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6bc39;
$custom-light: #e7cf78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6bc39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.064,
    "s": 65.69,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79517,
    "c": 0.14607,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6BC39

secondary

#303E83

accent

#5BE93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF1

border

#D6D4CB

text

#171309

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6BC39

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

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