#D6BC3B#D6BC3B

#D6BC3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.145 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6BC3B
RGB	rgb(214, 188, 59)
HSL	hsl(50, 65%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(50, 72%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 72.4%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.42, -4.38, 64.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.42, 65.10, 93.86°)
OKLab	oklab(79.53% -0.0187 0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(79.53% 0.145 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.5065, 50.5807, 11.4503)
Luminance	0.5058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6BC3B #3B55D6

analogous

#D66E3B #D6BC3B #A3D63B

triadic

#D6BC3B #3BD6BC #BC3BD6

tetradic

#D6BC3B #3BD66E #3B55D6 #D63BA3

square

#D6BC3B #3BD66E #3B55D6 #D63BA3

split-complementary

#D6BC3B #3BA3D6 #6E3BD6

monochromatic

#7D6C1A #AF9825 #D6BC3B #E1CD6E #EBDFA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#D6BC3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#D6BC3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6BC3B

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6BC3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6BC3B	1.00	1.89	11.12	11.12
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB826

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C043

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7AEA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6bc3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 188, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.145 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7cf79',
    500: '#d6bc3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6bc3b;
$custom-light: #e7cf79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6bc3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.935,
    "s": 65.401,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79531,
    "c": 0.14487,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6BC3B

secondary

#313F84

accent

#5CE83F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6BC3B

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

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