#D6BE51#D6BE51

#D6BE51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.131 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6BE51
RGB	rgb(214, 190, 81)
HSL	hsl(49, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 62.1%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.11, -4.20, 56.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.11, 56.81, 94.23°)
OKLab	oklab(80.13% -0.0157 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(80.13% 0.131 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.6323, 51.7194, 15.2569)
Luminance	0.5172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6BE51 #5169D6

analogous

#D67B51 #D6BE51 #ABD651

triadic

#D6BE51 #51D6BE #BE51D6

tetradic

#D6BE51 #51D67B #5169D6 #D651AB

square

#D6BE51 #51D67B #5169D6 #D651AB

split-complementary

#D6BE51 #51ABD6 #7B51D6

monochromatic

#8C7821 #BDA32D #D6BE51 #E2D183 #EDE3B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#D6BE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#D6BE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6BE51

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6BE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6BE51	1.00	1.85	11.34	11.34
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BA45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C256

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6B1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6be51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 190, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.131 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d186',
    500: '#d6be51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6be51;
$custom-light: #e6d186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6be51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.173,
    "s": 61.86,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8013,
    "c": 0.13064,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6BE51

secondary

#3A4992

accent

#60E543

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6BE51

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

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