#D6BD42#D6BD42

#D6BD42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.141 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6BD42
RGB	rgb(214, 189, 66)
HSL	hsl(50, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(50, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 69.2%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.73, -4.56, 62.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.73, 62.73, 94.17°)
OKLab	oklab(79.79% -0.0184 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(79.79% 0.141 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.9148, 51.0870, 12.5428)
Luminance	0.5109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6BD42 #425BD6

analogous

#D67342 #D6BD42 #A5D642

triadic

#D6BD42 #42D6BD #BD42D6

tetradic

#D6BD42 #42D673 #425BD6 #D642A5

square

#D6BD42 #42D673 #425BD6 #D642A5

split-complementary

#D6BD42 #42A5D6 #7342D6

monochromatic

#82701C #B49C27 #D6BD42 #E1CF74 #ECE0A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#D6BD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#D6BD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6BD42

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6BD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6BD42	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB931

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C149

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7AFA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6bd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 189, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.141 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d07d',
    500: '#d6bd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6bd42;
$custom-light: #e6d07d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6bd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.865,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79789,
    "c": 0.14108,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6BD42

secondary

#344288

accent

#5DE740

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6BD42

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

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