#D6BD59#D6BD59

#D6BD59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.123 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6BD59
RGB	rgb(214, 189, 89)
HSL	hsl(48, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 58.4%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.93, -3.12, 52.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.93, 52.92, 93.38°)
OKLab	oklab(80.01% -0.0116 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(80.01% 0.123 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.7343, 51.4148, 16.8590)
Luminance	0.5141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6BD59 #5972D6

analogous

#D67F59 #D6BD59 #B1D659

triadic

#D6BD59 #59D6BD #BD59D6

tetradic

#D6BD59 #59D67F #5972D6 #D659B1

square

#D6BD59 #59D67F #5972D6 #D659B1

split-complementary

#D6BD59 #59B1D6 #7F59D6

monochromatic

#917B24 #C2A530 #D6BD59 #E2D18A #EEE4BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#D6BD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#D6BD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6BD59

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6BD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6BD59	1.00	1.86	11.28	11.28
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB94F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C15E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5B0A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6bd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 189, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.123 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d08b',
    500: '#d6bd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6bd59;
$custom-light: #e5d08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6bd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 60.386,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80009,
    "c": 0.1231,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6BD59

secondary

#3D4F96

accent

#64E444

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16130C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6BD59

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

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