#D9BD4A#D9BD4A

#D9BD4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.136 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BD4A
RGB	rgb(217, 189, 74)
HSL	hsl(48, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 65.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.07, -2.84, 59.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.07, 59.79, 92.72°)
OKLab	oklab(80.14% -0.0128 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(80.14% 0.136 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.0512, 51.6438, 13.9145)
Luminance	0.5164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BD4A #4A66D9

analogous

#D9764A #D9BD4A #ADD94A

triadic

#D9BD4A #4AD9BD #BD4AD9

tetradic

#D9BD4A #4AD976 #4A66D9 #D94AAD

square

#D9BD4A #4AD976 #4A66D9 #D94AAD

split-complementary

#D9BD4A #4AADD9 #764AD9

monochromatic

#8B761D #BEA128 #D9BD4A #E4CF7D #EEE2AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#D9BD4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#D9BD4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BD4A

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BD4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BD4A	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)

#CFB93C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C250

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAAFA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9bd4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 189, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.136 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d082',
    500: '#d9bd4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9bd4a;
$custom-light: #e8d082;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9bd4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.252,
    "s": 65.297,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80139,
    "c": 0.13568,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BD4A

secondary

#364891

accent

#61E840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BD4A

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

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