#D6BF51#D6BF51

#D6BF51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.131 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6BF51
RGB	rgb(214, 191, 81)
HSL	hsl(50, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(50, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 62.1%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.37, -4.71, 56.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.37, 57.14, 94.73°)
OKLab	oklab(80.34% -0.0172 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(80.34% 0.131 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.8496, 52.1540, 15.3293)
Luminance	0.5215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6BF51 #5168D6

analogous

#D67C51 #D6BF51 #AAD651

triadic

#D6BF51 #51D6BF #BF51D6

tetradic

#D6BF51 #51D67C #5168D6 #D651AA

square

#D6BF51 #51D67C #5168D6 #D651AA

split-complementary

#D6BF51 #51AAD6 #7C51D6

monochromatic

#8C7921 #BDA42D #D6BF51 #E2D183 #EDE3B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#D6BF51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#D6BF51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6BF51

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6BF51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6BF51	1.00	1.84	11.43	11.43
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BB45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C356

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6B2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6bf51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 191, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.131 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d286',
    500: '#d6bf51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6bf51;
$custom-light: #e6d286;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6bf51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.624,
    "s": 61.86,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80336,
    "c": 0.13144,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6BF51

secondary

#3A4992

accent

#5FE543

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6BF51

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

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