#D9BC56#D9BC56

#D9BC56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.125 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BC56
RGB	rgb(217, 188, 86)
HSL	hsl(47, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 60.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.92, -1.55, 54.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.92, 54.29, 91.64°)
OKLab	oklab(80.05% -0.0077 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(80.05% 0.125 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.2803, 51.3925, 16.1790)
Luminance	0.5139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BC56 #5673D9

analogous

#D97B56 #D9BC56 #B4D956

triadic

#D9BC56 #56D9BC #BC56D9

tetradic

#D9BC56 #56D97B #5673D9 #D956B4

square

#D9BC56 #56D97B #5673D9 #D956B4

split-complementary

#D9BC56 #56B4D9 #7B56D9

monochromatic

#937A21 #C5A42C #D9BC56 #E4D088 #EFE4BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#D9BC56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#D9BC56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BC56

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BC56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BC56	1.00	1.86	11.28	11.28
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB94B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C25B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9AFA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9bc56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 188, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.125 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8cf89',
    500: '#d9bc56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9bc56;
$custom-light: #e8cf89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9bc56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.718,
    "s": 63.285,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80054,
    "c": 0.12543,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BC56

secondary

#3B5098

accent

#66E641

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BC56

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

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