#D6BD4E#D6BD4E

#D6BD4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.132 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6BD4E
RGB	rgb(214, 189, 78)
HSL	hsl(49, 62%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 63.6%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.83, -3.87, 57.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.83, 57.80, 93.84°)
OKLab	oklab(79.9% -0.0151 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(79.9% 0.132 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.3064, 51.2437, 14.6055)
Luminance	0.5124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6BD4E #4E67D6

analogous

#D6794E #D6BD4E #ABD64E

triadic

#D6BD4E #4ED6BD #BD4ED6

tetradic

#D6BD4E #4ED679 #4E67D6 #D64EAB

square

#D6BD4E #4ED679 #4E67D6 #D64EAB

split-complementary

#D6BD4E #4EABD6 #794ED6

monochromatic

#8A7620 #BBA12B #D6BD4E #E2D080 #EDE2B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#D6BD4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#D6BD4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6BD4E

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6BD4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6BD4E	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB941

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C154

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6B0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6bd4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 189, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.132 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d084',
    500: '#d6bd4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6bd4e;
$custom-light: #e6d084;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6bd4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.971,
    "s": 62.385,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79895,
    "c": 0.13227,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6BD4E

secondary

#384890

accent

#60E542

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6BD4E

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

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