#D9BD36#D9BD36

#D9BD36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.149 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#D9BD36
RGBrgb(217, 189, 54)
HSLhsl(50, 68%, 53%)
HSVhsv(50, 75%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 12.9%, 75.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(76.93, -3.83, 67.32)
CIE-LCHlch(76.93, 67.43, 93.25°)
OKLaboklab(79.99% -0.0178 0.1476)
OKLCHoklch(79.99% 0.149 96.9)
XYZxyz(47.4812, 51.4158, 10.9126)
Luminance0.5141 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#D9BD36 #3652D9
analogous
#D96B36 #D9BD36 #A4D936
triadic
#D9BD36 #36D9BD #BD36D9
tetradic
#D9BD36 #36D96B #3652D9 #D936A4
square
#D9BD36 #36D96B #3652D9 #D936A4
split-complementary
#D9BD36 #36A4D9 #6B36D9
monochromatic
#7D6C18 #B09821 #D9BD36 #E3CE69 #ECDF9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86
#D9BD36 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28
#D9BD36 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BD36
11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##D9BD36#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##D9BD361.001.8611.2811.28
#FFFFFF1.861.0021.0021.00
#00000011.2821.001.001.00
##00000011.2821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D0B91C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D8C23F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#EAAEA3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #d9bd36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 189, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.149 96.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d077',
    500: '#d9bd36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #d9bd36;
$custom-light: #e9d077;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#d9bd36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.693,
    "s": 68.201,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79987,
    "c": 0.1487,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#D9BD36
secondary
#2F3E84
accent
#5BEB3D
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FEFBF1
border
#D6D4CB
text
#171309
muted
#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BD36

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#D9BD36 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva