#D9BC48#D9BC48

#D9BC48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.136 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BC48
RGB	rgb(217, 188, 72)
HSL	hsl(48, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(48, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 66.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.79, -2.43, 60.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.79, 60.32, 92.31°)
OKLab	oklab(79.92% -0.0119 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(79.92% 0.136 95)
XYZ	xyz(47.7705, 51.1885, 13.4938)
Luminance	0.5119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BC48 #4865D9

analogous

#D97448 #D9BC48 #AED948

triadic

#D9BC48 #48D9BC #BC48D9

tetradic

#D9BC48 #48D974 #4865D9 #D948AE

square

#D9BC48 #48D974 #4865D9 #D948AE

split-complementary

#D9BC48 #48AED9 #7448D9

monochromatic

#8A741D #BD9F27 #D9BC48 #E4CF7B #EEE1AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#D9BC48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#D9BC48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BC48

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BC48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BC48	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB839

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C14E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAAEA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9bc48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 188, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.136 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8cf81',
    500: '#d9bc48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9bc48;
$custom-light: #e8cf81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9bc48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79917,
    "c": 0.13645,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.51186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BC48

secondary

#354790

accent

#61E93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BC48

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

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