#D9BC57#D9BC57

#D9BC57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.125 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BC57
RGB	rgb(217, 188, 87)
HSL	hsl(47, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(47, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 59.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.93, -1.49, 53.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.93, 53.84, 91.58°)
OKLab	oklab(80.07% -0.0073 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(80.07% 0.125 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.3209, 51.4087, 16.3926)
Luminance	0.5141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BC57 #5774D9

analogous

#D97B57 #D9BC57 #B5D957

triadic

#D9BC57 #57D9BC #BC57D9

tetradic

#D9BC57 #57D97B #5774D9 #D957B5

square

#D9BC57 #57D97B #5774D9 #D957B5

split-complementary

#D9BC57 #57B5D9 #7B57D9

monochromatic

#947B21 #C6A42D #D9BC57 #E4D089 #F0E4BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#D9BC57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#D9BC57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BC57

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BC57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BC57	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)

#CEB94D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C25B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9AFA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9bc57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 188, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.125 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8cf8a',
    500: '#d9bc57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9bc57;
$custom-light: #e8cf8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9bc57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.615,
    "s": 63.107,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80065,
    "c": 0.12459,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BC57

secondary

#3B5099

accent

#66E642

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BC57

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

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