#D6BF59#D6BF59

#D6BF59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.125 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6BF59
RGB	rgb(214, 191, 89)
HSL	hsl(49, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 58.4%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.45, -4.16, 53.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.45, 53.58, 94.45°)
OKLab	oklab(80.42% -0.0146 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(80.42% 0.125 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.1675, 52.2812, 17.0034)
Luminance	0.5228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6BF59 #5970D6

analogous

#D68159 #D6BF59 #AFD659

triadic

#D6BF59 #59D6BF #BF59D6

tetradic

#D6BF59 #59D681 #5970D6 #D659AF

square

#D6BF59 #59D681 #5970D6 #D659AF

split-complementary

#D6BF59 #59AFD6 #8159D6

monochromatic

#917D24 #C2A730 #D6BF59 #E2D28A #EEE5BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#D6BF59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.46

#D6BF59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6BF59

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6BF59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6BF59	1.00	1.83	11.46	11.46
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BB4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C35E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5B2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6bf59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 191, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.125 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d28b',
    500: '#d6bf59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6bf59;
$custom-light: #e5d28b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6bf59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.96,
    "s": 60.386,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8042,
    "c": 0.12468,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6BF59

secondary

#3D4D96

accent

#62E444

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6BF59

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

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