#D9BC47#D9BC47

#D9BC47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.137 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BC47
RGB	rgb(217, 188, 71)
HSL	hsl(48, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(48, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 67.3%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.79, -2.49, 60.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.79, 60.73, 92.35°)
OKLab	oklab(79.91% -0.0121 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(79.91% 0.137 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.7381, 51.1756, 13.3234)
Luminance	0.5117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BC47 #4764D9

analogous

#D97347 #D9BC47 #ADD947

triadic

#D9BC47 #47D9BC #BC47D9

tetradic

#D9BC47 #47D973 #4764D9 #D947AD

square

#D9BC47 #47D973 #4764D9 #D947AD

split-complementary

#D9BC47 #47ADD9 #7347D9

monochromatic

#89741C #BC9E27 #D9BC47 #E3CE7A #EEE1AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#D9BC47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#D9BC47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BC47

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BC47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BC47	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)

#CFB838

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C14D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAAEA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9bc47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 188, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.137 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8cf80',
    500: '#d9bc47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9bc47;
$custom-light: #e8cf80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9bc47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.082,
    "s": 65.766,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79908,
    "c": 0.13717,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BC47

secondary

#35478F

accent

#61E93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BC47

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

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