#D9BD42#D9BD42

#D9BD42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.141 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BD42
RGB	rgb(217, 189, 66)
HSL	hsl(49, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 69.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.01, -3.28, 62.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.01, 63.02, 92.98°)
OKLab	oklab(80.07% -0.0149 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(80.07% 0.141 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.7986, 51.5427, 12.5843)
Luminance	0.5154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BD42 #425ED9

analogous

#D97142 #D9BD42 #AAD942

triadic

#D9BD42 #42D9BD #BD42D9

tetradic

#D9BD42 #42D971 #425ED9 #D942AA

square

#D9BD42 #42D971 #425ED9 #D942AA

split-complementary

#D9BD42 #42AAD9 #7142D9

monochromatic

#86721B #B99D25 #D9BD42 #E3CF75 #EDE1A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#D9BD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#D9BD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BD42

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BD42	1.00	1.86	11.31	11.31
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B931

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C249

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAAFA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9bd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 189, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.141 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d07d',
    500: '#d9bd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9bd42;
$custom-light: #e9d07d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9bd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.874,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80072,
    "c": 0.14133,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BD42

secondary

#33448C

accent

#5EE93E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BD42

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

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