#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
RGB	rgb(217, 189, 54)
HSL	hsl(50, 68%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(50, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 75.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.93, -3.83, 67.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.93, 67.43, 93.25°)
OKLab	oklab(79.99% -0.0178 0.1476)
OKLCH	oklch(79.99% 0.149 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.4812, 51.4158, 10.9126)
Luminance	0.5141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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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
##D9BD36	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)

#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

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

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