#D9BC4E#D9BC4E

#D9BC4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.132 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BC4E
RGB	rgb(217, 188, 78)
HSL	hsl(47, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(47, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 64.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.84, -2.08, 57.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.84, 57.80, 92.06°)
OKLab	oklab(79.97% -0.0101 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(79.97% 0.132 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.9759, 51.2707, 14.5755)
Luminance	0.5127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BC4E #4E6BD9

analogous

#D9764E #D9BC4E #B0D94E

triadic

#D9BC4E #4ED9BC #BC4ED9

tetradic

#D9BC4E #4ED976 #4E6BD9 #D94EB0

square

#D9BC4E #4ED976 #4E6BD9 #D94EB0

split-complementary

#D9BC4E #4EB0D9 #764ED9

monochromatic

#8E771F #C0A129 #D9BC4E #E4CF80 #EFE2B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#D9BC4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#D9BC4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BC4E

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BC4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BC4E	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)

#CEB941

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C153

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAAEA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9bc4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 188, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.132 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8cf84',
    500: '#d9bc4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9bc4e;
$custom-light: #e8cf84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9bc4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.482,
    "s": 64.651,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79972,
    "c": 0.13193,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BC4E

secondary

#384B94

accent

#63E840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BC4E

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

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