#D9BC46#D9BC46

#D9BC46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.138 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BC46
RGB	rgb(217, 188, 70)
HSL	hsl(48, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 67.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.78, -2.54, 61.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.78, 61.14, 92.39°)
OKLab	oklab(79.9% -0.0124 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(79.9% 0.138 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.7063, 51.1629, 13.1558)
Luminance	0.5116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BC46 #4663D9

analogous

#D97346 #D9BC46 #ADD946

triadic

#D9BC46 #46D9BC #BC46D9

tetradic

#D9BC46 #46D973 #4663D9 #D946AD

square

#D9BC46 #46D973 #4663D9 #D946AD

split-complementary

#D9BC46 #46ADD9 #7346D9

monochromatic

#89731C #BB9E26 #D9BC46 #E3CE79 #EEE1AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#D9BC46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#D9BC46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BC46

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BC46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BC46	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)

#CFB836

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C14C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAAEA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9bc46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 188, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.138 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8cf7f',
    500: '#d9bc46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9bc46;
$custom-light: #e8cf7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9bc46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.163,
    "s": 65.919,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.799,
    "c": 0.13788,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BC46

secondary

#35468F

accent

#60E93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BC46

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

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