#D9BC53#D9BC53

#D9BC53 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.128 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BC53
RGB	rgb(217, 188, 83)
HSL	hsl(47, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 61.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.89, -1.76, 55.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.89, 55.63, 91.81°)
OKLab	oklab(80.02% -0.0086 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(80.02% 0.128 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.1620, 51.3451, 15.5557)
Luminance	0.5134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BC53 #5370D9

analogous

#D97953 #D9BC53 #B3D953

triadic

#D9BC53 #53D9BC #BC53D9

tetradic

#D9BC53 #53D979 #5370D9 #D953B3

square

#D9BC53 #53D979 #5370D9 #D953B3

split-complementary

#D9BC53 #53B3D9 #7953D9

monochromatic

#917920 #C4A32B #D9BC53 #E4D085 #EFE3B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#D9BC53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#D9BC53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BC53

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BC53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BC53	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)

#CEB948

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C258

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9AFA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9bc53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 188, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.128 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8cf87',
    500: '#d9bc53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9bc53;
$custom-light: #e8cf87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9bc53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.015,
    "s": 63.81,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80022,
    "c": 0.12793,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BC53

secondary

#3A4E97

accent

#65E741

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#16130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BC53

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

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