#D9BD49#D9BD49

#D9BD49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.136 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BD49
RGB	rgb(217, 189, 73)
HSL	hsl(48, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 66.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.06, -2.90, 60.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.06, 60.20, 92.76°)
OKLab	oklab(80.13% -0.0131 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(80.13% 0.136 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.0177, 51.6304, 13.7385)
Luminance	0.5163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BD49 #4965D9

analogous

#D97549 #D9BD49 #ADD949

triadic

#D9BD49 #49D9BD #BD49D9

tetradic

#D9BD49 #49D975 #4965D9 #D949AD

square

#D9BD49 #49D975 #4965D9 #D949AD

split-complementary

#D9BD49 #49ADD9 #7549D9

monochromatic

#8B751D #BDA028 #D9BD49 #E4CF7C #EEE2AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#D9BD49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#D9BD49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BD49

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BD49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BD49	1.00	1.85	11.33	11.33
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B93A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C24F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAAFA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9bd49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 189, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.136 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d081',
    500: '#d9bd49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9bd49;
$custom-light: #e8d081;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9bd49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.333,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8013,
    "c": 0.13642,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BD49

secondary

#364791

accent

#60E83F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BD49

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

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