#D4BF51#D4BF51

#D4BF51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.131 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4BF51
RGB	rgb(212, 191, 81)
HSL	hsl(50, 60%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(50, 62%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 61.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.19, -5.56, 56.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.19, 56.97, 95.60°)
OKLab	oklab(80.15% -0.0195 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(80.15% 0.131 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.2693, 51.8548, 15.3021)
Luminance	0.5185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4BF51 #5166D4

analogous

#D47E51 #D4BF51 #A7D451

triadic

#D4BF51 #51D4BF #BF51D4

tetradic

#D4BF51 #51D47E #5166D4 #D451A7

square

#D4BF51 #51D47E #5166D4 #D451A7

split-complementary

#D4BF51 #51A7D4 #7E51D4

monochromatic

#897822 #BAA32E #D4BF51 #E0D182 #ECE3B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#D4BF51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#D4BF51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4BF51

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4BF51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4BF51	1.00	1.85	11.37	11.37
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BA45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C257

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3B2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4bf51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 191, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.131 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4d286',
    500: '#d4bf51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4bf51;
$custom-light: #e4d286;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4bf51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.382,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80152,
    "c": 0.13129,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4BF51

secondary

#3A488F

accent

#5EE444

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4BF51

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

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