#D6BC59#D6BC59

#D6BC59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.122 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6BC59
RGB	rgb(214, 188, 89)
HSL	hsl(48, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 58.4%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.67, -2.60, 52.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.67, 52.60, 92.84°)
OKLab	oklab(79.81% -0.0101 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(79.81% 0.122 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.5199, 50.9861, 16.7875)
Luminance	0.5098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6BC59 #5973D6

analogous

#D67E59 #D6BC59 #B2D659

triadic

#D6BC59 #59D6BC #BC59D6

tetradic

#D6BC59 #59D67E #5973D6 #D659B2

square

#D6BC59 #59D67E #5973D6 #D659B2

split-complementary

#D6BC59 #59B2D6 #7E59D6

monochromatic

#917A24 #C2A430 #D6BC59 #E2D08A #EEE4BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#D6BC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#D6BC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6BC59

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6BC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6BC59	1.00	1.88	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB94F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C15D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6AFA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6bc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 188, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.122 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5cf8b',
    500: '#d6bc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6bc59;
$custom-light: #e5cf8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6bc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.52,
    "s": 60.386,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79805,
    "c": 0.12234,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6BC59

secondary

#3D5096

accent

#65E444

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16130C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6BC59

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

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