#D6BC55#D6BC55

#D6BC55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.126 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6BC55
RGB	rgb(214, 188, 85)
HSL	hsl(48, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 60.3%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.63, -2.89, 54.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.63, 54.41, 93.04°)
OKLab	oklab(79.76% -0.0114 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(79.76% 0.126 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.3565, 50.9207, 15.9268)
Luminance	0.5092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6BC55 #556FD6

analogous

#D67B55 #D6BC55 #AFD655

triadic

#D6BC55 #55D6BC #BC55D6

tetradic

#D6BC55 #55D67B #556FD6 #D655AF

square

#D6BC55 #55D67B #556FD6 #D655AF

split-complementary

#D6BC55 #55AFD6 #7B55D6

monochromatic

#8E7922 #C0A22E #D6BC55 #E2CF86 #EEE3B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#D6BC55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#D6BC55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6BC55

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6BC55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6BC55	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB84A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C15A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6AFA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6bc55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 188, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.126 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6cf88',
    500: '#d6bc55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6bc55;
$custom-light: #e6cf88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6bc55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.907,
    "s": 61.137,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79761,
    "c": 0.12579,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6BC55

secondary

#3B4D94

accent

#64E444

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6BC55

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

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