#D9BC55#D9BC55

#D9BC55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.126 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BC55
RGB	rgb(217, 188, 85)
HSL	hsl(47, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 60.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.91, -1.62, 54.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.91, 54.74, 91.70°)
OKLab	oklab(80.04% -0.008 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(80.04% 0.126 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.2403, 51.3765, 15.9683)
Luminance	0.5137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BC55 #5572D9

analogous

#D97A55 #D9BC55 #B4D955

triadic

#D9BC55 #55D9BC #BC55D9

tetradic

#D9BC55 #55D97A #5572D9 #D955B4

square

#D9BC55 #55D97A #5572D9 #D955B4

split-complementary

#D9BC55 #55B4D9 #7A55D9

monochromatic

#937A21 #C5A32C #D9BC55 #E4D087 #EFE3B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#D9BC55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#D9BC55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BC55

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BC55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BC55	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)

#CEB94A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C25A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9AFA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9bc55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 188, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.126 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8cf89',
    500: '#d9bc55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9bc55;
$custom-light: #e8cf89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9bc55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.818,
    "s": 63.462,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80043,
    "c": 0.12627,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BC55

secondary

#3A4F98

accent

#66E641

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BC55

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

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