#D9BC4C#D9BC4C

#D9BC4C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.133 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BC4C
RGB	rgb(217, 188, 76)
HSL	hsl(48, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 65%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.83, -2.20, 58.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.83, 58.65, 92.15°)
OKLab	oklab(79.95% -0.0107 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(79.95% 0.133 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.9053, 51.2424, 14.2036)
Luminance	0.5124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BC4C #4C69D9

analogous

#D9764C #D9BC4C #AFD94C

triadic

#D9BC4C #4CD9BC #BC4CD9

tetradic

#D9BC4C #4CD976 #4C69D9 #D94CAF

square

#D9BC4C #4CD976 #4C69D9 #D94CAF

split-complementary

#D9BC4C #4CAFD9 #764CD9

monochromatic

#8D761E #BFA029 #D9BC4C #E4CF7E #EEE2B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#D9BC4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#D9BC4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BC4C

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BC4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BC4C	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)

#CEB83F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C152

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAAEA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9bc4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 188, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.133 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8cf83',
    500: '#d9bc4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9bc4c;
$custom-light: #e8cf83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9bc4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.66,
    "s": 64.977,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79953,
    "c": 0.13347,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BC4C

secondary

#374A92

accent

#62E840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BC4C

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

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