#D6BE42#D6BE42

#D6BE42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.142 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6BE42
RGB	rgb(214, 190, 66)
HSL	hsl(50, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(50, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 69.2%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.99, -5.07, 62.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.99, 63.04, 94.62°)
OKLab	oklab(80% -0.0199 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(80% 0.142 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.1306, 51.5187, 12.6148)
Luminance	0.5152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6BE42 #425AD6

analogous

#D67442 #D6BE42 #A4D642

triadic

#D6BE42 #42D6BE #BE42D6

tetradic

#D6BE42 #42D674 #425AD6 #D642A4

square

#D6BE42 #42D674 #425AD6 #D642A4

split-complementary

#D6BE42 #42A4D6 #7442D6

monochromatic

#82711C #B49D27 #D6BE42 #E1CF74 #ECE1A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#D6BE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#D6BE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6BE42

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6BE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6BE42	1.00	1.86	11.30	11.30
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B930

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C249

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6B0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6be42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 190, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.142 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d17d',
    500: '#d6be42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6be42;
$custom-light: #e6d17d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6be42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.27,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79996,
    "c": 0.14183,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6BE42

secondary

#344188

accent

#5CE740

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6BE42

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

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