#D6BD39#D6BD39

#D6BD39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.147 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6BD39
RGB	rgb(214, 189, 57)
HSL	hsl(50, 66%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(50, 73%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 73.4%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.67, -4.99, 65.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.67, 66.11, 94.33°)
OKLab	oklab(79.72% -0.0206 0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(79.72% 0.147 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.6700, 50.9891, 11.2537)
Luminance	0.5099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6BD39 #3952D6

analogous

#D66E39 #D6BD39 #A0D639

triadic

#D6BD39 #39D6BD #BD39D6

tetradic

#D6BD39 #39D66E #3952D6 #D639A0

square

#D6BD39 #39D66E #3952D6 #D639A0

split-complementary

#D6BD39 #39A0D6 #6E39D6

monochromatic

#7B6C19 #AE9824 #D6BD39 #E0CE6C #EBDF9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#D6BD39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#D6BD39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6BD39

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6BD39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6BD39	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)

#D0B822

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C141

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7AFA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6bd39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 189, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.147 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d078',
    500: '#d6bd39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6bd39;
$custom-light: #e7d078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6bd39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.446,
    "s": 65.69,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79723,
    "c": 0.1468,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6BD39

secondary

#303E83

accent

#5AE93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF1

border

#D6D4CB

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6BD39

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

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