#D6C53B#D6C53B

#D6C53B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.152 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6C53B
RGB	rgb(214, 197, 59)
HSL	hsl(53, 65%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 72.4%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.78, -9.01, 67.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.78, 67.83, 97.63°)
OKLab	oklab(81.4% -0.0318 0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(81.4% 0.152 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.4894, 54.5465, 12.1112)
Luminance	0.5454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6C53B #3B4CD6

analogous

#D6773B #D6C53B #9AD63B

triadic

#D6C53B #3BD6C5 #C53BD6

tetradic

#D6C53B #3BD677 #3B4CD6 #D63B9A

square

#D6C53B #3BD677 #3B4CD6 #D63B9A

split-complementary

#D6C53B #3B9AD6 #773BD6

monochromatic

#7D721A #AFA025 #D6C53B #E1D46E #EBE3A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#D6C53B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.91

#D6C53B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6C53B

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6C53B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6C53B	1.00	1.76	11.91	11.91
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC644

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6B7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6c53b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 197, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.152 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d67a',
    500: '#d6c53b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6c53b;
$custom-light: #e7d67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6c53b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.419,
    "s": 65.401,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81399,
    "c": 0.15185,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6C53B

secondary

#313A84

accent

#52E83F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6C53B

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

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