#D9BD4D#D9BD4D

#D9BD4D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.133 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BD4D
RGB	rgb(217, 189, 77)
HSL	hsl(48, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 64.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.09, -2.66, 58.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.09, 58.53, 92.61°)
OKLab	oklab(80.17% -0.0119 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(80.17% 0.133 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.1547, 51.6852, 14.4595)
Luminance	0.5168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BD4D #4D69D9

analogous

#D9774D #D9BD4D #AFD94D

triadic

#D9BD4D #4DD9BD #BD4DD9

tetradic

#D9BD4D #4DD977 #4D69D9 #D94DAF

square

#D9BD4D #4DD977 #4D69D9 #D94DAF

split-complementary

#D9BD4D #4DAFD9 #774DD9

monochromatic

#8D771E #C0A229 #D9BD4D #E4D07F #EFE2B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#D9BD4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#D9BD4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BD4D

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BD4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BD4D	1.00	1.85	11.34	11.34
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB940

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C253

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAAFA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9bd4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 189, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.133 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d084',
    500: '#d9bd4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9bd4d;
$custom-light: #e8d084;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9bd4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 64.815,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80167,
    "c": 0.13341,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BD4D

secondary

#374A93

accent

#62E840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BD4D

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

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