#D6BC40#D6BC40

#D6BC40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.142 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6BC40
RGB	rgb(214, 188, 64)
HSL	hsl(50, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(50, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 70.1%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.46, -4.14, 63.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.46, 63.21, 93.76°)
OKLab	oklab(79.57% -0.0175 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(79.57% 0.142 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.6425, 50.6351, 12.1663)
Luminance	0.5063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6BC40 #405AD6

analogous

#D67140 #D6BC40 #A5D640

triadic

#D6BC40 #40D6BC #BC40D6

tetradic

#D6BC40 #40D671 #405AD6 #D640A5

square

#D6BC40 #40D671 #405AD6 #D640A5

split-complementary

#D6BC40 #40A5D6 #7140D6

monochromatic

#806F1B #B29A26 #D6BC40 #E1CE72 #ECDFA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#D6BC40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#D6BC40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6BC40

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6BC40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6BC40	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB82E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C047

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7AEA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6bc40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 188, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.142 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6cf7c',
    500: '#d6bc40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6bc40;
$custom-light: #e6cf7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6bc40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.6,
    "s": 64.655,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79568,
    "c": 0.14168,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6BC40

secondary

#334287

accent

#5DE840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6BC40

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

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