#D9BC40#D9BC40

#D9BC40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.142 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BC40
RGB	rgb(217, 188, 64)
HSL	hsl(49, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(49, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 70.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.73, -2.86, 63.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.73, 63.51, 92.58°)
OKLab	oklab(79.85% -0.014 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(79.85% 0.142 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.5263, 51.0908, 12.2077)
Luminance	0.5109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BC40 #405DD9

analogous

#D96F40 #D9BC40 #AAD940

triadic

#D9BC40 #40D9BC #BC40D9

tetradic

#D9BC40 #40D96F #405DD9 #D940AA

square

#D9BC40 #40D96F #405DD9 #D940AA

split-complementary

#D9BC40 #40AAD9 #6F40D9

monochromatic

#84701A #B79B24 #D9BC40 #E3CE73 #EDE0A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#D9BC40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#D9BC40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BC40

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BC40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BC40	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB82E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C147

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAAEA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9bc40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 188, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.142 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9cf7c',
    500: '#d9bc40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9bc40;
$custom-light: #e9cf7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9bc40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.627,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79851,
    "c": 0.14196,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BC40

secondary

#32438B

accent

#5FEA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BC40

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

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