#D7BD42#D7BD42

#D7BD42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.141 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D7BD42
RGB	rgb(215, 189, 66)
HSL	hsl(50, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(50, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 69.3%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.82, -4.13, 62.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.82, 62.83, 93.77°)
OKLab	oklab(79.88% -0.0173 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(79.88% 0.141 97)
XYZ	xyz(47.2076, 51.2380, 12.5566)
Luminance	0.5124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D7BD42 #425CD7

analogous

#D77242 #D7BD42 #A7D742

triadic

#D7BD42 #42D7BD #BD42D7

tetradic

#D7BD42 #42D772 #425CD7 #D742A7

square

#D7BD42 #42D772 #425CD7 #D742A7

split-complementary

#D7BD42 #42A7D7 #7242D7

monochromatic

#83711C #B59C26 #D7BD42 #E2CF75 #ECE0A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#D7BD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#D7BD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D7BD42

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D7BD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D7BD42	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B931

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C149

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8AFA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d7bd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(215, 189, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.141 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d07d',
    500: '#d7bd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d7bd42;
$custom-light: #e7d07d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d7bd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 215,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.53,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79883,
    "c": 0.14116,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.51236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D7BD42

secondary

#34438A

accent

#5DE840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D7BD42

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

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