#D9BD50#D9BD50

#D9BD50 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.131 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BD50
RGB	rgb(217, 189, 80)
HSL	hsl(48, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 63.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.12, -2.47, 57.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.12, 57.24, 92.48°)
OKLab	oklab(80.2% -0.011 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(80.2% 0.131 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.2630, 51.7285, 15.0303)
Luminance	0.5173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BD50 #506CD9

analogous

#D97850 #D9BD50 #B0D950

triadic

#D9BD50 #50D9BD #BD50D9

tetradic

#D9BD50 #50D978 #506CD9 #D950B0

square

#D9BD50 #50D978 #506CD9 #D950B0

split-complementary

#D9BD50 #50B0D9 #7850D9

monochromatic

#8F781F #C2A32A #D9BD50 #E4D082 #EFE3B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#D9BD50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#D9BD50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BD50

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BD50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BD50	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB944

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C255

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9AFA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9bd50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 189, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.131 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d085',
    500: '#d9bd50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9bd50;
$custom-light: #e8d085;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9bd50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.737,
    "s": 64.319,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80196,
    "c": 0.13106,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BD50

secondary

#384B95

accent

#63E740

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BD50

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

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