#D6BE45#D6BE45

#D6BE45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.140 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6BE45
RGB	rgb(214, 190, 69)
HSL	hsl(50, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 67.8%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.01, -4.91, 61.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.01, 61.85, 94.56°)
OKLab	oklab(80.02% -0.0191 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(80.02% 0.14 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.2214, 51.5550, 13.0929)
Luminance	0.5155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6BE45 #455DD6

analogous

#D67545 #D6BE45 #A5D645

triadic

#D6BE45 #45D6BE #BE45D6

tetradic

#D6BE45 #45D675 #455DD6 #D645A5

square

#D6BE45 #45D675 #455DD6 #D645A5

split-complementary

#D6BE45 #45A5D6 #7545D6

monochromatic

#84731D #B69E28 #D6BE45 #E1D077 #ECE1A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#D6BE45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#D6BE45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6BE45

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6BE45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6BE45	1.00	1.86	11.31	11.31
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B935

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C24C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6B0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6be45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 190, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.140 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d17f',
    500: '#d6be45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6be45;
$custom-light: #e6d17f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6be45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.069,
    "s": 63.877,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8002,
    "c": 0.13976,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6BE45

secondary

#35438A

accent

#5CE741

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6BE45

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

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