#D9BC3D#D9BC3D

#D9BC3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.144 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BC3D
RGB	rgb(217, 188, 61)
HSL	hsl(49, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(49, 72%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 71.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.71, -3.00, 64.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.71, 64.65, 92.66°)
OKLab	oklab(79.83% -0.0147 0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(79.83% 0.144 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.4432, 51.0576, 11.7701)
Luminance	0.5105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BC3D #3D5AD9

analogous

#D96E3D #D9BC3D #A8D93D

triadic

#D9BC3D #3DD9BC #BC3DD9

tetradic

#D9BC3D #3DD96E #3D5AD9 #D93DA8

square

#D9BC3D #3DD96E #3D5AD9 #D93DA8

split-complementary

#D9BC3D #3DA8D9 #6E3DD9

monochromatic

#826F19 #B59A24 #D9BC3D #E3CE70 #EDDFA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#D9BC3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#D9BC3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BC3D

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BC3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BC3D	1.00	1.87	11.21	11.21
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB829

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C144

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAAEA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9bc3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 188, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.144 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9cf7a',
    500: '#d9bc3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9bc3d;
$custom-light: #e9cf7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9bc3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.846,
    "s": 67.241,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79829,
    "c": 0.14387,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BC3D

secondary

#314289

accent

#5EEA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BC3D

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

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