#D9BD40#D9BD40

#D9BD40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.143 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BD40
RGB	rgb(217, 189, 64)
HSL	hsl(49, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(49, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 70.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.99, -3.38, 63.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.99, 63.79, 93.03°)
OKLab	oklab(80.06% -0.0155 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(80.06% 0.143 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.7407, 51.5196, 12.2791)
Luminance	0.5152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BD40 #405CD9

analogous

#D97140 #D9BD40 #A8D940

triadic

#D9BD40 #40D9BD #BD40D9

tetradic

#D9BD40 #40D971 #405CD9 #D940A8

square

#D9BD40 #40D971 #405CD9 #D940A8

split-complementary

#D9BD40 #40A8D9 #7140D9

monochromatic

#84711A #B79C24 #D9BD40 #E3CF73 #EDE0A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#D9BD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#D9BD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BD40

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BD40	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)

#D0B92D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C247

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAAFA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9bd40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 189, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.143 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d07c',
    500: '#d9bd40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9bd40;
$custom-light: #e9d07c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9bd40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.02,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80056,
    "c": 0.14266,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BD40

secondary

#32438B

accent

#5DEA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BD40

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

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