#D9BC50#D9BC50

#D9BC50 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.130 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BC50
RGB	rgb(217, 188, 80)
HSL	hsl(47, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(47, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 63.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.86, -1.95, 56.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.86, 56.94, 91.97°)
OKLab	oklab(79.99% -0.0095 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(79.99% 0.13 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.0487, 51.2998, 14.9589)
Luminance	0.5130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BC50 #506DD9

analogous

#D97750 #D9BC50 #B1D950

triadic

#D9BC50 #50D9BC #BC50D9

tetradic

#D9BC50 #50D977 #506DD9 #D950B1

square

#D9BC50 #50D977 #506DD9 #D950B1

split-complementary

#D9BC50 #50B1D9 #7750D9

monochromatic

#8F781F #C2A22A #D9BC50 #E4CF82 #EFE3B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#D9BC50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#D9BC50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BC50

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BC50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BC50	1.00	1.87	11.26	11.26
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB944

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C155

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9AEA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9bc50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 188, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.130 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8cf85',
    500: '#d9bc50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9bc50;
$custom-light: #e8cf85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9bc50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.299,
    "s": 64.319,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79992,
    "c": 0.13036,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BC50

secondary

#384C95

accent

#64E740

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BC50

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

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