#D6CB59#D6CB59

#D6CB59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.135 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6CB59
RGB	rgb(214, 203, 89)
HSL	hsl(55, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(55, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 58.4%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.59, -10.32, 56.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.59, 57.87, 100.27°)
OKLab	oklab(82.91% -0.0323 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(82.91% 0.135 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.8924, 57.7311, 17.9117)
Luminance	0.5773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6CB59 #5964D6

analogous

#D68D59 #D6CB59 #A3D659

triadic

#D6CB59 #59D6CB #CB59D6

tetradic

#D6CB59 #59D68D #5964D6 #D659A3

square

#D6CB59 #59D68D #5964D6 #D659A3

split-complementary

#D6CB59 #59A3D6 #8D59D6

monochromatic

#918724 #C2B530 #D6CB59 #E2DA8A #EEEABB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#D6CB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.55

#D6CB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6CB59

12.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6CB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6CB59	1.00	1.67	12.55	12.55
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC54D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5BEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6cb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 203, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.135 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5da8c',
    500: '#d6cb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6cb59;
$custom-light: #e5da8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6cb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.72,
    "s": 60.386,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82911,
    "c": 0.13528,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6CB59

secondary

#3D4596

accent

#52E444

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6CB59

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

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