#D9BC49#D9BC49

#D9BC49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.136 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BC49
RGB	rgb(217, 188, 73)
HSL	hsl(48, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 66.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.80, -2.38, 59.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.80, 59.91, 92.27°)
OKLab	oklab(79.93% -0.0116 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(79.93% 0.136 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.8034, 51.2017, 13.6670)
Luminance	0.5120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BC49 #4966D9

analogous

#D97449 #D9BC49 #AED949

triadic

#D9BC49 #49D9BC #BC49D9

tetradic

#D9BC49 #49D974 #4966D9 #D949AE

square

#D9BC49 #49D974 #4966D9 #D949AE

split-complementary

#D9BC49 #49AED9 #7449D9

monochromatic

#8B751D #BD9F28 #D9BC49 #E4CF7C #EEE1AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#D9BC49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#D9BC49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BC49

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BC49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BC49	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)

#CFB83B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C14F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAAEA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9bc49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 188, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.136 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8cf81',
    500: '#d9bc49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9bc49;
$custom-light: #e8cf81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9bc49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.917,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79926,
    "c": 0.13571,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BC49

secondary

#364891

accent

#61E83F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BC49

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

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