#D6BC56#D6BC56

#D6BC56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.125 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6BC56
RGB	rgb(214, 188, 86)
HSL	hsl(48, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 59.8%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.64, -2.82, 53.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.64, 53.96, 92.99°)
OKLab	oklab(79.77% -0.0111 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(79.77% 0.125 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.3965, 50.9367, 16.1375)
Luminance	0.5093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6BC56 #5670D6

analogous

#D67C56 #D6BC56 #B0D656

triadic

#D6BC56 #56D6BC #BC56D6

tetradic

#D6BC56 #56D67C #5670D6 #D656B0

square

#D6BC56 #56D67C #5670D6 #D656B0

split-complementary

#D6BC56 #56B0D6 #7C56D6

monochromatic

#8F7923 #C0A32F #D6BC56 #E2D087 #EEE3B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#D6BC56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#D6BC56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6BC56

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6BC56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6BC56	1.00	1.88	11.19	11.19
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB84B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C15B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6AFA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6bc56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 188, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.125 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6cf89',
    500: '#d6bc56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6bc56;
$custom-light: #e6cf89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6bc56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.813,
    "s": 60.952,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79771,
    "c": 0.12495,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6BC56

secondary

#3C4E95

accent

#64E444

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6BC56

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

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