#D9BD3D#D9BD3D

#D9BD3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.145 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BD3D
RGB	rgb(217, 189, 61)
HSL	hsl(49, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(49, 72%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 71.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.97, -3.52, 64.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.97, 64.93, 93.11°)
OKLab	oklab(80.03% -0.0162 0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(80.03% 0.145 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.6576, 51.4863, 11.8416)
Luminance	0.5148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BD3D #3D59D9

analogous

#D96F3D #D9BD3D #A7D93D

triadic

#D9BD3D #3DD9BD #BD3DD9

tetradic

#D9BD3D #3DD96F #3D59D9 #D93DA7

square

#D9BD3D #3DD96F #3D59D9 #D93DA7

split-complementary

#D9BD3D #3DA7D9 #6F3DD9

monochromatic

#826F19 #B59B24 #D9BD3D #E3CE70 #EDE0A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#D9BD3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#D9BD3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BD3D

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BD3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BD3D	1.00	1.86	11.30	11.30
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B929

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAAFA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9bd3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 189, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.145 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d07b',
    500: '#d9bd3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9bd3d;
$custom-light: #e9d07b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9bd3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.231,
    "s": 67.241,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80034,
    "c": 0.14457,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BD3D

secondary

#314189

accent

#5DEA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BD3D

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

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