#D9BC5E#D9BC5E

#D9BC5E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.118 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BC5E
RGB	rgb(217, 188, 94)
HSL	hsl(46, 62%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(46, 57%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 56.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.00, -0.97, 50.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.00, 50.64, 91.10°)
OKLab	oklab(80.15% -0.005 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(80.15% 0.118 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.6209, 51.5287, 17.9725)
Luminance	0.5153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BC5E #5E7BD9

analogous

#D97E5E #D9BC5E #B8D95E

triadic

#D9BC5E #5ED9BC #BC5ED9

tetradic

#D9BC5E #5ED97E #5E7BD9 #D95EB8

square

#D9BC5E #5ED97E #5E7BD9 #D95EB8

split-complementary

#D9BC5E #5EB8D9 #7E5ED9

monochromatic

#997D24 #CAA630 #D9BC5E #E5D190 #F0E5C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#D9BC5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#D9BC5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BC5E

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BC5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BC5E	1.00	1.86	11.31	11.31
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB955

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C262

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9AFA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9bc5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 188, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.118 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7cf8e',
    500: '#d9bc5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9bc5e;
$custom-light: #e7cf8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9bc5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.854,
    "s": 61.809,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80145,
    "c": 0.11844,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BC5E

secondary

#3E559D

accent

#45CA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BC5E

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

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