#D9BC42#D9BC42

#D9BC42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.141 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BC42
RGB	rgb(217, 188, 66)
HSL	hsl(48, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(48, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 69.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.75, -2.76, 62.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.75, 62.73, 92.52°)
OKLab	oklab(79.87% -0.0135 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(79.87% 0.141 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.5842, 51.1140, 12.5128)
Luminance	0.5111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BC42 #425FD9

analogous

#D97042 #D9BC42 #AAD942

triadic

#D9BC42 #42D9BC #BC42D9

tetradic

#D9BC42 #42D970 #425FD9 #D942AA

square

#D9BC42 #42D970 #425FD9 #D942AA

split-complementary

#D9BC42 #42AAD9 #7042D9

monochromatic

#86711B #B99C25 #D9BC42 #E3CE75 #EDE0A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#D9BC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#D9BC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BC42

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BC42	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)

#CFB831

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C149

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAAEA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9bc42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 188, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.141 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9cf7d',
    500: '#d9bc42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9bc42;
$custom-light: #e9cf7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9bc42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.477,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79867,
    "c": 0.14064,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BC42

secondary

#33448C

accent

#5FE93E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BC42

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

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