#D6BD3B#D6BD3B

#D6BD3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.146 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6BD3B
RGB	rgb(214, 189, 59)
HSL	hsl(50, 65%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(50, 72%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 72.4%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.68, -4.90, 65.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.68, 65.39, 94.30°)
OKLab	oklab(79.74% -0.0202 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(79.74% 0.146 98)
XYZ	xyz(46.7209, 51.0095, 11.5217)
Luminance	0.5101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6BD3B #3B54D6

analogous

#D66F3B #D6BD3B #A1D63B

triadic

#D6BD3B #3BD6BD #BD3BD6

tetradic

#D6BD3B #3BD66F #3B54D6 #D63BA1

square

#D6BD3B #3BD66F #3B54D6 #D63BA1

split-complementary

#D6BD3B #3BA1D6 #6F3BD6

monochromatic

#7D6D1A #AF9925 #D6BD3B #E1CE6E #EBDFA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#D6BD3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#D6BD3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6BD3B

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6BD3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6BD3B	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)

#D0B825

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C143

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7AFA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6bd3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 189, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.146 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d079',
    500: '#d6bd3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6bd3b;
$custom-light: #e7d079;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6bd3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.323,
    "s": 65.401,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79737,
    "c": 0.14559,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.51007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6BD3B

secondary

#313F84

accent

#5BE83F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6BD3B

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

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