#D6BD44#D6BD44

#D6BD44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.140 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6BD44
RGB	rgb(214, 189, 68)
HSL	hsl(50, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 68.2%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.75, -4.45, 61.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.75, 61.94, 94.12°)
OKLab	oklab(79.81% -0.0179 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(79.81% 0.14 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.9748, 51.1110, 12.8588)
Luminance	0.5111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6BD44 #445DD6

analogous

#D67444 #D6BD44 #A6D644

triadic

#D6BD44 #44D6BD #BD44D6

tetradic

#D6BD44 #44D674 #445DD6 #D644A6

square

#D6BD44 #44D674 #445DD6 #D644A6

split-complementary

#D6BD44 #44A6D6 #7444D6

monochromatic

#83711D #B59D28 #D6BD44 #E1CF76 #ECE0A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#D6BD44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#D6BD44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6BD44

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6BD44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6BD44	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)

#CFB933

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C14B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6AFA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6bd44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 189, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.140 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d07e',
    500: '#d6bd44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6bd44;
$custom-light: #e6d07e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6bd44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.726,
    "s": 64.035,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79805,
    "c": 0.1397,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6BD44

secondary

#34438A

accent

#5DE741

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6BD44

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

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