#D6BE39#D6BE39

#D6BE39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.148 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6BE39
RGB	rgb(214, 190, 57)
HSL	hsl(51, 66%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 73%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 73.4%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.93, -5.51, 66.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.93, 66.40, 94.76°)
OKLab	oklab(79.93% -0.0221 0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(79.93% 0.148 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.8858, 51.4208, 11.3257)
Luminance	0.5142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6BE39 #3951D6

analogous

#D66F39 #D6BE39 #9FD639

triadic

#D6BE39 #39D6BE #BE39D6

tetradic

#D6BE39 #39D66F #3951D6 #D6399F

square

#D6BE39 #39D66F #3951D6 #D6399F

split-complementary

#D6BE39 #399FD6 #6F39D6

monochromatic

#7B6C19 #AE9924 #D6BE39 #E0CF6C #EBDF9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#D6BE39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#D6BE39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6BE39

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6BE39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6BE39	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)

#D1B922

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C242

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7B0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6be39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 190, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.148 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d178',
    500: '#d6be39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6be39;
$custom-light: #e7d178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6be39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.828,
    "s": 65.69,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7993,
    "c": 0.14753,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6BE39

secondary

#303D83

accent

#59E93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF1

border

#D6D4CB

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6BE39

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

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