#D6BE4A#D6BE4A

#D6BE4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.136 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6BE4A
RGB	rgb(214, 190, 74)
HSL	hsl(50, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 65.4%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.05, -4.63, 59.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.05, 59.80, 94.44°)
OKLab	oklab(80.06% -0.0177 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(80.06% 0.136 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.3832, 51.6197, 13.9450)
Luminance	0.5162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6BE4A #4A62D6

analogous

#D6784A #D6BE4A #A8D64A

triadic

#D6BE4A #4AD6BE #BE4AD6

tetradic

#D6BE4A #4AD678 #4A62D6 #D64AA8

square

#D6BE4A #4AD678 #4A62D6 #D64AA8

split-complementary

#D6BE4A #4AA8D6 #784AD6

monochromatic

#87751F #B9A02A #D6BE4A #E1D07C #EDE2AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#D6BE4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#D6BE4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6BE4A

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6BE4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6BE4A	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)

#D0BA3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C250

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6B0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6be4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 190, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.136 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d182',
    500: '#d6be4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6be4a;
$custom-light: #e6d182;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6be4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.714,
    "s": 63.063,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80063,
    "c": 0.13612,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6BE4A

secondary

#37468D

accent

#5EE642

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6BE4A

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

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