#D9BC3E#D9BC3E

#D9BC3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.143 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BC3E
RGB	rgb(217, 188, 62)
HSL	hsl(49, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(49, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 71.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.72, -2.95, 64.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.72, 64.27, 92.64°)
OKLab	oklab(79.84% -0.0145 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(79.84% 0.143 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.4704, 51.0685, 11.9133)
Luminance	0.5107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BC3E #3E5BD9

analogous

#D96E3E #D9BC3E #A9D93E

triadic

#D9BC3E #3ED9BC #BC3ED9

tetradic

#D9BC3E #3ED96E #3E5BD9 #D93EA9

square

#D9BC3E #3ED96E #3E5BD9 #D93EA9

split-complementary

#D9BC3E #3EA9D9 #6E3ED9

monochromatic

#836F1A #B69B24 #D9BC3E #E3CE71 #EDE0A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#D9BC3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#D9BC3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BC3E

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BC3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BC3E	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)

#CFB82B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAAEA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9bc3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 188, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.143 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9cf7b',
    500: '#d9bc3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9bc3e;
$custom-light: #e9cf7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9bc3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.774,
    "s": 67.1,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79836,
    "c": 0.14325,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BC3E

secondary

#32428A

accent

#5EEA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BC3E

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

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