#D6BC5B#D6BC5B

#D6BC5B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.121 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6BC5B
RGB	rgb(214, 188, 91)
HSL	hsl(47, 60%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(47, 57%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 57.5%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.69, -2.45, 51.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.69, 51.68, 92.72°)
OKLab	oklab(79.83% -0.0095 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(79.83% 0.121 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.6050, 51.0201, 17.2358)
Luminance	0.5102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6BC5B #5B75D6

analogous

#D67F5B #D6BC5B #B3D65B

triadic

#D6BC5B #5BD6BC #BC5BD6

tetradic

#D6BC5B #5BD67F #5B75D6 #D65BB3

square

#D6BC5B #5BD67F #5B75D6 #D65BB3

split-complementary

#D6BC5B #5BB3D6 #7F5BD6

monochromatic

#927B25 #C3A431 #D6BC5B #E2D08C #EEE4BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#D6BC5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#D6BC5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6BC5B

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6BC5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6BC5B	1.00	1.87	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.87	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)

#CDB951

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C15F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5AFA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6bc5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 188, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.121 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5cf8c',
    500: '#d6bc5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6bc5b;
$custom-light: #e5cf8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6bc5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.317,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79828,
    "c": 0.12057,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6BC5B

secondary

#3E5197

accent

#66E345

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16130C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6BC5B

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

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