#D6BE59#D6BE59

#D6BE59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.124 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6BE59
RGB	rgb(214, 190, 89)
HSL	hsl(48, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 58.4%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.19, -3.64, 53.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.19, 53.25, 93.92°)
OKLab	oklab(80.22% -0.0131 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(80.22% 0.124 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.9501, 51.8465, 16.9309)
Luminance	0.5184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6BE59 #5971D6

analogous

#D68059 #D6BE59 #B0D659

triadic

#D6BE59 #59D6BE #BE59D6

tetradic

#D6BE59 #59D680 #5971D6 #D659B0

square

#D6BE59 #59D680 #5971D6 #D659B0

split-complementary

#D6BE59 #59B0D6 #8059D6

monochromatic

#917C24 #C2A630 #D6BE59 #E2D18A #EEE4BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#D6BE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#D6BE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6BE59

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6BE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6BE59	1.00	1.85	11.37	11.37
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBA4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C25E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5B1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6be59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 190, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.124 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d18b',
    500: '#d6be59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6be59;
$custom-light: #e5d18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6be59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.48,
    "s": 60.386,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80215,
    "c": 0.12389,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6BE59

secondary

#3D4E96

accent

#63E444

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6BE59

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

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