#D9BD4F#D9BD4F

#D9BD4F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.132 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BD4F
RGB	rgb(217, 189, 79)
HSL	hsl(48, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 63.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.11, -2.54, 57.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.11, 57.67, 92.52°)
OKLab	oklab(80.19% -0.0113 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(80.19% 0.132 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.2264, 51.7138, 14.8372)
Luminance	0.5171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BD4F #4F6BD9

analogous

#D9784F #D9BD4F #B0D94F

triadic

#D9BD4F #4FD9BD #BD4FD9

tetradic

#D9BD4F #4FD978 #4F6BD9 #D94FB0

square

#D9BD4F #4FD978 #4F6BD9 #D94FB0

split-complementary

#D9BD4F #4FB0D9 #784FD9

monochromatic

#8F781F #C1A22A #D9BD4F #E4D081 #EFE3B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#D9BD4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#D9BD4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BD4F

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BD4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BD4F	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)

#CFB942

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C254

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9AFA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9bd4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 189, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.132 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d085',
    500: '#d9bd4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9bd4f;
$custom-light: #e8d085;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9bd4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.826,
    "s": 64.486,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80186,
    "c": 0.13186,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BD4F

secondary

#384B94

accent

#62E740

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BD4F

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

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