#D9BC45#D9BC45

#D9BC45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.139 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BC45
RGB	rgb(217, 188, 69)
HSL	hsl(48, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 68.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.77, -2.60, 61.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.77, 61.54, 92.42°)
OKLab	oklab(79.89% -0.0127 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(79.89% 0.139 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.6750, 51.1503, 12.9909)
Luminance	0.5115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BC45 #4562D9

analogous

#D97245 #D9BC45 #ACD945

triadic

#D9BC45 #45D9BC #BC45D9

tetradic

#D9BC45 #45D972 #4562D9 #D945AC

square

#D9BC45 #45D972 #4562D9 #D945AC

split-complementary

#D9BC45 #45ACD9 #7245D9

monochromatic

#88731C #BB9E26 #D9BC45 #E3CE78 #EEE1AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#D9BC45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#D9BC45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BC45

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BC45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BC45	1.00	1.87	11.23	11.23
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB835

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C14B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAAEA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9bc45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 188, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.139 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8cf7f',
    500: '#d9bc45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9bc45;
$custom-light: #e8cf7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9bc45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.243,
    "s": 66.071,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79891,
    "c": 0.13858,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BC45

secondary

#34468E

accent

#60E93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BC45

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

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