#D9BD4E#D9BD4E

#D9BD4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.133 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BD4E
RGB	rgb(217, 189, 78)
HSL	hsl(48, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 64.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.10, -2.60, 58.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.10, 58.10, 92.56°)
OKLab	oklab(80.18% -0.0116 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(80.18% 0.133 95)
XYZ	xyz(48.1902, 51.6994, 14.6469)
Luminance	0.5170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BD4E #4E6AD9

analogous

#D9784E #D9BD4E #AFD94E

triadic

#D9BD4E #4ED9BD #BD4ED9

tetradic

#D9BD4E #4ED978 #4E6AD9 #D94EAF

square

#D9BD4E #4ED978 #4E6AD9 #D94EAF

split-complementary

#D9BD4E #4EAFD9 #784ED9

monochromatic

#8E781F #C0A229 #D9BD4E #E4D080 #EFE3B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#D9BD4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#D9BD4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BD4E

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BD4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BD4E	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)

#CFB941

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C253

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9AFA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9bd4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 189, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.133 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d084',
    500: '#d9bd4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9bd4e;
$custom-light: #e8d084;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9bd4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.914,
    "s": 64.651,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80176,
    "c": 0.13264,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.51697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BD4E

secondary

#384A94

accent

#62E840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BD4E

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

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