#D9BD3E#D9BD3E

#D9BD3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.144 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BD3E
RGB	rgb(217, 189, 62)
HSL	hsl(49, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(49, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 71.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.98, -3.47, 64.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.98, 64.55, 93.08°)
OKLab	oklab(80.04% -0.0159 0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(80.04% 0.144 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.6848, 51.4972, 11.9848)
Luminance	0.5150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BD3E #3E5AD9

analogous

#D96F3E #D9BD3E #A8D93E

triadic

#D9BD3E #3ED9BD #BD3ED9

tetradic

#D9BD3E #3ED96F #3E5AD9 #D93EA8

square

#D9BD3E #3ED96F #3E5AD9 #D93EA8

split-complementary

#D9BD3E #3EA8D9 #6F3ED9

monochromatic

#83701A #B69C24 #D9BD3E #E3CE71 #EDE0A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#D9BD3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#D9BD3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BD3E

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BD3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BD3E	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)

#D0B92A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAAFA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9bd3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 189, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.144 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d07b',
    500: '#d9bd3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9bd3e;
$custom-light: #e9d07b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9bd3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.161,
    "s": 67.1,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80041,
    "c": 0.14395,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BD3E

secondary

#32428A

accent

#5DEA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BD3E

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

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