#D6BE55#D6BE55

#D6BE55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.127 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6BE55
RGB	rgb(214, 190, 85)
HSL	hsl(49, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 60.3%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.15, -3.93, 54.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.15, 55.05, 94.09°)
OKLab	oklab(80.17% -0.0144 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(80.17% 0.127 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.7867, 51.7811, 16.0702)
Luminance	0.5178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6BE55 #556DD6

analogous

#D67D55 #D6BE55 #ADD655

triadic

#D6BE55 #55D6BE #BE55D6

tetradic

#D6BE55 #55D67D #556DD6 #D655AD

square

#D6BE55 #55D67D #556DD6 #D655AD

split-complementary

#D6BE55 #55ADD6 #7D55D6

monochromatic

#8E7A22 #C0A52E #D6BE55 #E2D186 #EEE4B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#D6BE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#D6BE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6BE55

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6BE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6BE55	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBA4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C25A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6B1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6be55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 190, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.127 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d189',
    500: '#d6be55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6be55;
$custom-light: #e6d189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6be55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.837,
    "s": 61.137,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80171,
    "c": 0.12733,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6BE55

secondary

#3B4C94

accent

#61E444

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6BE55

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

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