#D6BC42#D6BC42

#D6BC42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.140 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6BC42
RGB	rgb(214, 188, 66)
HSL	hsl(49, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 69.2%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.47, -4.04, 62.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.47, 62.44, 93.71°)
OKLab	oklab(79.58% -0.0169 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(79.58% 0.14 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.7004, 50.6583, 12.4714)
Luminance	0.5066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6BC42 #425CD6

analogous

#D67242 #D6BC42 #A6D642

triadic

#D6BC42 #42D6BC #BC42D6

tetradic

#D6BC42 #42D672 #425CD6 #D642A6

square

#D6BC42 #42D672 #425CD6 #D642A6

split-complementary

#D6BC42 #42A6D6 #7242D6

monochromatic

#82701C #B49B27 #D6BC42 #E1CE74 #ECE0A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#D6BC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#D6BC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6BC42

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6BC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6BC42	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)

#CEB831

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C049

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7AEA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6bc42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 188, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.140 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6cf7d',
    500: '#d6bc42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6bc42;
$custom-light: #e6cf7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6bc42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.459,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79583,
    "c": 0.14035,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6BC42

secondary

#344388

accent

#5EE740

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6BC42

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

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