#D9BC4A#D9BC4A

#D9BC4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.135 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BC4A
RGB	rgb(217, 188, 74)
HSL	hsl(48, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 65.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.81, -2.32, 59.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.81, 59.49, 92.23°)
OKLab	oklab(79.94% -0.0113 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(79.94% 0.135 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.8368, 51.2150, 13.8430)
Luminance	0.5121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BC4A #4A67D9

analogous

#D9754A #D9BC4A #AFD94A

triadic

#D9BC4A #4AD9BC #BC4AD9

tetradic

#D9BC4A #4AD975 #4A67D9 #D94AAF

square

#D9BC4A #4AD975 #4A67D9 #D94AAF

split-complementary

#D9BC4A #4AAFD9 #754AD9

monochromatic

#8B751D #BE9F28 #D9BC4A #E4CF7D #EEE1AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#D9BC4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#D9BC4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BC4A

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BC4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BC4A	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)

#CFB83C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C150

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAAEA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9bc4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 188, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.135 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8cf82',
    500: '#d9bc4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9bc4a;
$custom-light: #e8cf82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9bc4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.832,
    "s": 65.297,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79935,
    "c": 0.13497,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BC4A

secondary

#364991

accent

#62E840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BC4A

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

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