#D9BC35#D9BC35

#D9BC35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.149 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BC35
RGB	rgb(217, 188, 53)
HSL	hsl(49, 68%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(49, 76%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 75.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.67, -3.35, 67.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.67, 67.50, 92.85°)
OKLab	oklab(79.77% -0.0165 0.1476)
OKLCH	oklch(79.77% 0.149 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.2436, 50.9778, 10.7187)
Luminance	0.5098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BC35 #3552D9

analogous

#D96A35 #D9BC35 #A4D935

triadic

#D9BC35 #35D9BC #BC35D9

tetradic

#D9BC35 #35D96A #3552D9 #D935A4

square

#D9BC35 #35D96A #3552D9 #D935A4

split-complementary

#D9BC35 #35A4D9 #6A35D9

monochromatic

#7C6A17 #B09721 #D9BC35 #E3CD69 #ECDE9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#D9BC35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#D9BC35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BC35

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BC35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BC35	1.00	1.88	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B81A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C13E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAADA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9bc35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 188, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.149 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9cf76',
    500: '#d9bc35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9bc35;
$custom-light: #e9cf76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9bc35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.39,
    "s": 68.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79775,
    "c": 0.14856,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BC35

secondary

#2E3E84

accent

#5BEB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF1

border

#D6D4CB

text

#171309

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BC35

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

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