#D9BC4D#D9BC4D

#D9BC4D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.133 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BC4D
RGB	rgb(217, 188, 77)
HSL	hsl(48, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 64.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.83, -2.14, 58.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.83, 58.23, 92.11°)
OKLab	oklab(79.96% -0.0104 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(79.96% 0.133 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.9403, 51.2564, 14.3881)
Luminance	0.5125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BC4D #4D6AD9

analogous

#D9764D #D9BC4D #B0D94D

triadic

#D9BC4D #4DD9BC #BC4DD9

tetradic

#D9BC4D #4DD976 #4D6AD9 #D94DB0

square

#D9BC4D #4DD976 #4D6AD9 #D94DB0

split-complementary

#D9BC4D #4DB0D9 #764DD9

monochromatic

#8D761E #C0A129 #D9BC4D #E4CF7F #EFE2B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#D9BC4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#D9BC4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BC4D

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BC4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BC4D	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)

#CEB840

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C152

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAAEA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9bc4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 188, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.133 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8cf84',
    500: '#d9bc4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9bc4d;
$custom-light: #e8cf84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9bc4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.571,
    "s": 64.815,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79963,
    "c": 0.1327,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BC4D

secondary

#374A93

accent

#63E840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BC4D

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

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