#D9BC4B#D9BC4B

#D9BC4B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.134 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BC4B
RGB	rgb(217, 188, 75)
HSL	hsl(48, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 65.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.82, -2.26, 59.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.82, 59.08, 92.19°)
OKLab	oklab(79.94% -0.011 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(79.94% 0.134 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.8708, 51.2286, 14.0219)
Luminance	0.5123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BC4B #4B68D9

analogous

#D9754B #D9BC4B #AFD94B

triadic

#D9BC4B #4BD9BC #BC4BD9

tetradic

#D9BC4B #4BD975 #4B68D9 #D94BAF

square

#D9BC4B #4BD975 #4B68D9 #D94BAF

split-complementary

#D9BC4B #4BAFD9 #754BD9

monochromatic

#8C751E #BFA028 #D9BC4B #E4CF7E #EEE2B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#D9BC4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#D9BC4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BC4B

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BC4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BC4B	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB83D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C151

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAAEA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9bc4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 188, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.134 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8cf82',
    500: '#d9bc4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9bc4b;
$custom-light: #e8cf82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9bc4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.746,
    "s": 65.138,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79944,
    "c": 0.13422,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BC4B

secondary

#364992

accent

#62E840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BC4B

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

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