#D9BC36#D9BC36

#D9BC36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.148 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BC36
RGB	rgb(217, 188, 54)
HSL	hsl(49, 68%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(49, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 75.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.67, -3.31, 67.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.67, 67.16, 92.83°)
OKLab	oklab(79.78% -0.0163 0.1471)
OKLCH	oklch(79.78% 0.148 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.2668, 50.9871, 10.8411)
Luminance	0.5098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BC36 #3653D9

analogous

#D96A36 #D9BC36 #A4D936

triadic

#D9BC36 #36D9BC #BC36D9

tetradic

#D9BC36 #36D96A #3653D9 #D936A4

square

#D9BC36 #36D96A #3653D9 #D936A4

split-complementary

#D9BC36 #36A4D9 #6A36D9

monochromatic

#7D6B18 #B09721 #D9BC36 #E3CD69 #ECDE9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#D9BC36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#D9BC36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BC36

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BC36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BC36	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)

#D0B81C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C13F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAADA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9bc36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 188, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.148 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9cf77',
    500: '#d9bc36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9bc36;
$custom-light: #e9cf77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9bc36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.325,
    "s": 68.201,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79782,
    "c": 0.14801,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BC36

secondary

#2F3E84

accent

#5CEB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF1

border

#D6D4CB

text

#171309

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BC36

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

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