#D6BE5B#D6BE5B

#D6BE5B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.122 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6BE5B
RGB	rgb(214, 190, 91)
HSL	hsl(48, 60%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 57%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 57.5%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.21, -3.50, 52.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.21, 52.33, 93.83°)
OKLab	oklab(80.24% -0.0125 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(80.24% 0.122 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.0352, 51.8806, 17.3792)
Luminance	0.5188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6BE5B #5B73D6

analogous

#D6815B #D6BE5B #B0D65B

triadic

#D6BE5B #5BD6BE #BE5BD6

tetradic

#D6BE5B #5BD681 #5B73D6 #D65BB0

square

#D6BE5B #5BD681 #5B73D6 #D65BB0

split-complementary

#D6BE5B #5BB0D6 #815BD6

monochromatic

#927D25 #C3A631 #D6BE5B #E2D18C #EEE5BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#D6BE5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#D6BE5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6BE5B

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6BE5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6BE5B	1.00	1.85	11.38	11.38
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBA51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C25F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5B1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6be5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 190, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.122 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d18c',
    500: '#d6be5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6be5b;
$custom-light: #e5d18c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6be5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.293,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80237,
    "c": 0.12211,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6BE5B

secondary

#3E4F97

accent

#64E345

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6BE5B

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

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