#D9BD47#D9BD47

#D9BD47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.138 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BD47
RGB	rgb(217, 189, 71)
HSL	hsl(48, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(48, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 67.3%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.04, -3.01, 60.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.04, 61.02, 92.83°)
OKLab	oklab(80.11% -0.0136 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(80.11% 0.138 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.9525, 51.6043, 13.3949)
Luminance	0.5160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BD47 #4763D9

analogous

#D97447 #D9BD47 #ACD947

triadic

#D9BD47 #47D9BD #BD47D9

tetradic

#D9BD47 #47D974 #4763D9 #D947AC

square

#D9BD47 #47D974 #4763D9 #D947AC

split-complementary

#D9BD47 #47ACD9 #7447D9

monochromatic

#89741C #BC9F27 #D9BD47 #E3CF7A #EEE1AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#D9BD47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#D9BD47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BD47

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BD47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BD47	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)

#D0B938

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C24D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAAFA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9bd47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 189, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.138 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d080',
    500: '#d9bd47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9bd47;
$custom-light: #e8d080;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9bd47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.493,
    "s": 65.766,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80113,
    "c": 0.13787,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BD47

secondary

#35468F

accent

#60E93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BD47

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

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