#D9BC52#D9BC52

#D9BC52 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.129 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BC52
RGB	rgb(217, 188, 82)
HSL	hsl(47, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 62.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.88, -1.82, 56.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.88, 56.07, 91.86°)
OKLab	oklab(80.01% -0.0089 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(80.01% 0.129 94)
XYZ	xyz(48.1237, 51.3298, 15.3538)
Luminance	0.5133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BC52 #526FD9

analogous

#D97852 #D9BC52 #B2D952

triadic

#D9BC52 #52D9BC #BC52D9

tetradic

#D9BC52 #52D978 #526FD9 #D952B2

square

#D9BC52 #52D978 #526FD9 #D952B2

split-complementary

#D9BC52 #52B2D9 #7852D9

monochromatic

#917920 #C3A22B #D9BC52 #E4CF84 #EFE3B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#D9BC52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#D9BC52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BC52

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BC52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BC52	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB946

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C257

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9AFA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9bc52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 188, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.129 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8cf87',
    500: '#d9bc52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9bc52;
$custom-light: #e8cf87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9bc52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.111,
    "s": 63.981,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80012,
    "c": 0.12875,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.51327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BC52

secondary

#394D96

accent

#65E741

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BC52

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

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