#D6BE49#D6BE49

#D6BE49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.137 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6BE49
RGB	rgb(214, 190, 73)
HSL	hsl(50, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 65.9%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.04, -4.69, 60.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.04, 60.22, 94.47°)
OKLab	oklab(80.05% -0.018 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(80.05% 0.137 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.3498, 51.6064, 13.7690)
Luminance	0.5160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6BE49 #4961D6

analogous

#D67849 #D6BE49 #A8D649

triadic

#D6BE49 #49D6BE #BE49D6

tetradic

#D6BE49 #49D678 #4961D6 #D649A8

square

#D6BE49 #49D678 #4961D6 #D649A8

split-complementary

#D6BE49 #49A8D6 #7849D6

monochromatic

#86751E #B8A02A #D6BE49 #E1D07B #EDE2AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#D6BE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#D6BE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6BE49

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6BE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6BE49	1.00	1.85	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.85	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)

#D0BA3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C24F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6B0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6be49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 190, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.137 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d181',
    500: '#d6be49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6be49;
$custom-light: #e6d181;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6be49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.787,
    "s": 63.229,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80054,
    "c": 0.13686,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6BE49

secondary

#36458D

accent

#5EE642

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6BE49

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

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