#D9BC5A#D9BC5A

#D9BC5A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.122 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BC5A
RGB	rgb(217, 188, 90)
HSL	hsl(46, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(46, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 58.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.96, -1.27, 52.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.96, 52.48, 91.39°)
OKLab	oklab(80.1% -0.0064 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(80.1% 0.122 93)
XYZ	xyz(48.4460, 51.4587, 17.0516)
Luminance	0.5146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BC5A #5A77D9

analogous

#D97C5A #D9BC5A #B7D95A

triadic

#D9BC5A #5AD9BC #BC5AD9

tetradic

#D9BC5A #5AD97C #5A77D9 #D95AB7

square

#D9BC5A #5AD97C #5A77D9 #D95AB7

split-complementary

#D9BC5A #5AB7D9 #7C5AD9

monochromatic

#967C23 #C8A52E #D9BC5A #E4D08C #F0E4BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#D9BC5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#D9BC5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BC5A

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BC5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BC5A	1.00	1.86	11.29	11.29
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB950

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C25E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9AFA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9bc5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 188, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.122 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8cf8c',
    500: '#d9bc5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9bc5a;
$custom-light: #e8cf8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9bc5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.299,
    "s": 62.562,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80098,
    "c": 0.122,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.51456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BC5A

secondary

#3C529B

accent

#43CA1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BC5A

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

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