#D6BC51#D6BC51

#D6BC51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.129 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6BC51
RGB	rgb(214, 188, 81)
HSL	hsl(48, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(48, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 62.1%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.59, -3.16, 56.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.59, 56.18, 93.22°)
OKLab	oklab(79.72% -0.0127 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(79.72% 0.129 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.2021, 50.8590, 15.1135)
Luminance	0.5086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6BC51 #516BD6

analogous

#D67A51 #D6BC51 #ADD651

triadic

#D6BC51 #51D6BC #BC51D6

tetradic

#D6BC51 #51D67A #516BD6 #D651AD

square

#D6BC51 #51D67A #516BD6 #D651AD

split-complementary

#D6BC51 #51ADD6 #7A51D6

monochromatic

#8C7721 #BDA12D #D6BC51 #E2CF83 #EDE2B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#D6BC51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#D6BC51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6BC51

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6BC51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6BC51	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB845

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C156

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6AFA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6bc51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 188, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.129 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6cf86',
    500: '#d6bc51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6bc51;
$custom-light: #e6cf86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6bc51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.271,
    "s": 61.86,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79719,
    "c": 0.12912,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6BC51

secondary

#3A4B92

accent

#63E543

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6BC51

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

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