#D9BD4B#D9BD4B

#D9BD4B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.135 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BD4B
RGB	rgb(217, 189, 75)
HSL	hsl(48, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 65.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.08, -2.78, 59.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.08, 59.37, 92.68°)
OKLab	oklab(80.15% -0.0125 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(80.15% 0.135 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.0851, 51.6574, 14.0933)
Luminance	0.5165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BD4B #4B67D9

analogous

#D9764B #D9BD4B #AED94B

triadic

#D9BD4B #4BD9BD #BD4BD9

tetradic

#D9BD4B #4BD976 #4B67D9 #D94BAE

square

#D9BD4B #4BD976 #4B67D9 #D94BAE

split-complementary

#D9BD4B #4BAED9 #764BD9

monochromatic

#8C761E #BFA128 #D9BD4B #E4D07E #EEE2B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#D9BD4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#D9BD4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BD4B

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BD4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BD4B	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)

#CFB93D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C251

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAAFA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9bd4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 189, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.135 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d082',
    500: '#d9bd4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9bd4b;
$custom-light: #e8d082;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9bd4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.169,
    "s": 65.138,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80148,
    "c": 0.13493,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BD4B

secondary

#364892

accent

#61E840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BD4B

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

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