#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
RGBrgb(217, 189, 64)
HSLhsl(49, 67%, 55%)
HSVhsv(49, 71%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 12.9%, 70.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(76.99, -3.38, 63.71)
CIE-LCHlch(76.99, 63.79, 93.03°)
OKLaboklab(80.06% -0.0155 0.1418)
OKLCHoklch(80.06% 0.143 96.2)
XYZxyz(47.7407, 51.5196, 12.2791)
Luminance0.5152 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##D9BD401.001.8611.3011.30
#FFFFFF1.861.0021.0021.00
#00000011.3021.001.001.00
##00000011.3021.001.001.00

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

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#D9BD40 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva