#D9BA40#D9BA40

#D9BA40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.141 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BA40
RGB	rgb(217, 186, 64)
HSL	hsl(48, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 70.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.22, -1.82, 62.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.22, 62.96, 91.65°)
OKLab	oklab(79.44% -0.011 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(79.44% 0.141 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.1020, 50.2423, 12.0663)
Luminance	0.5024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BA40 #405FD9

analogous

#D96D40 #D9BA40 #ACD940

triadic

#D9BA40 #40D9BA #BA40D9

tetradic

#D9BA40 #40D96D #405FD9 #D940AC

square

#D9BA40 #40D96D #405FD9 #D940AC

split-complementary

#D9BA40 #40ACD9 #6D40D9

monochromatic

#846F1A #B79A24 #D9BA40 #E3CC73 #EDDFA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#D9BA40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#D9BA40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BA40

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BA40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BA40	1.00	1.90	11.05	11.05
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB62E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C047

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAACA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9ba40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 186, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.141 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ce7c',
    500: '#d9ba40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9ba40;
$custom-light: #e9ce7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9ba40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.843,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79443,
    "c": 0.14061,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BA40

secondary

#32448B

accent

#61EA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF2

border

#D6D3CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BA40

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

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