#D9BD48#D9BD48

#D9BD48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.137 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BD48
RGB	rgb(217, 189, 72)
HSL	hsl(48, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(48, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 66.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.05, -2.95, 60.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.05, 60.62, 92.79°)
OKLab	oklab(80.12% -0.0133 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(80.12% 0.137 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.9849, 51.6172, 13.5653)
Luminance	0.5161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BD48 #4864D9

analogous

#D97548 #D9BD48 #ADD948

triadic

#D9BD48 #48D9BD #BD48D9

tetradic

#D9BD48 #48D975 #4864D9 #D948AD

square

#D9BD48 #48D975 #4864D9 #D948AD

split-complementary

#D9BD48 #48ADD9 #7548D9

monochromatic

#8A751D #BDA027 #D9BD48 #E4CF7B #EEE2AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#D9BD48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#D9BD48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BD48

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BD48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BD48	1.00	1.85	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.85	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)

#D0B939

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C24E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAAFA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9bd48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 189, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.137 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d081',
    500: '#d9bd48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9bd48;
$custom-light: #e8d081;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9bd48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.414,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80121,
    "c": 0.13715,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BD48

secondary

#354790

accent

#60E93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BD48

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

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