#D9BD45#D9BD45

#D9BD45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.139 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BD45
RGB	rgb(217, 189, 69)
HSL	hsl(49, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 68.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.03, -3.12, 61.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.03, 61.83, 92.89°)
OKLab	oklab(80.1% -0.0142 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(80.1% 0.139 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.8894, 51.5791, 13.0624)
Luminance	0.5158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BD45 #4561D9

analogous

#D97345 #D9BD45 #ABD945

triadic

#D9BD45 #45D9BD #BD45D9

tetradic

#D9BD45 #45D973 #4561D9 #D945AB

square

#D9BD45 #45D973 #4561D9 #D945AB

split-complementary

#D9BD45 #45ABD9 #7345D9

monochromatic

#88731C #BB9F26 #D9BD45 #E3CF78 #EEE1AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#D9BD45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#D9BD45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BD45

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BD45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BD45	1.00	1.86	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B935

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C24B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAAFA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9bd45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 189, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.139 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d07f',
    500: '#d9bd45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9bd45;
$custom-light: #e8d07f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9bd45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.649,
    "s": 66.071,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80096,
    "c": 0.13928,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BD45

secondary

#34458E

accent

#5FE93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BD45

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

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