#D6BE48#D6BE48

#D6BE48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.138 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6BE48
RGB	rgb(214, 190, 72)
HSL	hsl(50, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 66.4%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.04, -4.75, 60.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.04, 60.63, 94.49°)
OKLab	oklab(80.05% -0.0183 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(80.05% 0.138 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.3169, 51.5932, 13.5958)
Luminance	0.5159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6BE48 #4860D6

analogous

#D67748 #D6BE48 #A7D648

triadic

#D6BE48 #48D6BE #BE48D6

tetradic

#D6BE48 #48D677 #4860D6 #D648A7

square

#D6BE48 #48D677 #4860D6 #D648A7

split-complementary

#D6BE48 #48A7D6 #7748D6

monochromatic

#86741E #B8A029 #D6BE48 #E1D07A #ECE2AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#D6BE48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#D6BE48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6BE48

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6BE48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6BE48	1.00	1.86	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BA39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C24E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6B0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6be48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 190, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.138 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d181',
    500: '#d6be48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6be48;
$custom-light: #e6d181;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6be48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.859,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80045,
    "c": 0.1376,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6BE48

secondary

#36458C

accent

#5DE641

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6BE48

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

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