#D6BE4E#D6BE4E

#D6BE4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.133 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6BE4E
RGB	rgb(214, 190, 78)
HSL	hsl(49, 62%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 63.6%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.09, -4.39, 57.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.09, 58.11, 94.33°)
OKLab	oklab(80.1% -0.0166 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(80.1% 0.133 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.5222, 51.6754, 14.6774)
Luminance	0.5167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6BE4E #4E66D6

analogous

#D67A4E #D6BE4E #AAD64E

triadic

#D6BE4E #4ED6BE #BE4ED6

tetradic

#D6BE4E #4ED67A #4E66D6 #D64EAA

square

#D6BE4E #4ED67A #4E66D6 #D64EAA

split-complementary

#D6BE4E #4EAAD6 #7A4ED6

monochromatic

#8A7720 #BBA22B #D6BE4E #E2D080 #EDE2B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#D6BE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#D6BE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6BE4E

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6BE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6BE4E	1.00	1.85	11.33	11.33
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BA41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C254

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6B1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6be4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 190, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.133 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d184',
    500: '#d6be4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6be4e;
$custom-light: #e6d184;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6be4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 62.385,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.801,
    "c": 0.13305,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6BE4E

secondary

#384890

accent

#5FE542

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6BE4E

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

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