#D6BD51#D6BD51

#D6BD51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.130 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6BD51
RGB	rgb(214, 189, 81)
HSL	hsl(49, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 62.1%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.85, -3.68, 56.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.85, 56.49, 93.73°)
OKLab	oklab(79.92% -0.0142 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(79.92% 0.13 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.4164, 51.2877, 15.1849)
Luminance	0.5129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6BD51 #516AD6

analogous

#D67B51 #D6BD51 #ACD651

triadic

#D6BD51 #51D6BD #BD51D6

tetradic

#D6BD51 #51D67B #516AD6 #D651AC

square

#D6BD51 #51D67B #516AD6 #D651AC

split-complementary

#D6BD51 #51ACD6 #7B51D6

monochromatic

#8C7821 #BDA22D #D6BD51 #E2D083 #EDE3B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#D6BD51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#D6BD51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6BD51

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6BD51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6BD51	1.00	1.87	11.26	11.26
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB945

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C156

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6B0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6bd51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 189, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.130 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d086',
    500: '#d6bd51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6bd51;
$custom-light: #e6d086;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6bd51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.722,
    "s": 61.86,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79924,
    "c": 0.12988,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6BD51

secondary

#3A4A92

accent

#61E543

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6BD51

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

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