#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
RGBrgb(214, 197, 59)
HSLhsl(53, 65%, 54%)
HSVhsv(53, 72%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 7.9%, 72.4%, 16.1%)
CIE-LABlab(78.78, -9.01, 67.23)
CIE-LCHlch(78.78, 67.83, 97.63°)
OKLaboklab(81.4% -0.0318 0.1485)
OKLCHoklch(81.4% 0.152 102.1)
XYZxyz(48.4894, 54.5465, 12.1112)
Luminance0.5454 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##D6C53B1.001.7611.9111.91
#FFFFFF1.761.0021.0021.00
#00000011.9121.001.001.00
##00000011.9121.001.001.00

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

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#D6C53B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva