#D9BD52#D9BD52

#D9BD52 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.129 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BD52
RGB	rgb(217, 189, 82)
HSL	hsl(48, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 62.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.14, -2.34, 56.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.14, 56.37, 92.38°)
OKLab	oklab(80.22% -0.0104 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(80.22% 0.129 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.3380, 51.7585, 15.4253)
Luminance	0.5176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BD52 #526ED9

analogous

#D97952 #D9BD52 #B1D952

triadic

#D9BD52 #52D9BD #BD52D9

tetradic

#D9BD52 #52D979 #526ED9 #D952B1

square

#D9BD52 #52D979 #526ED9 #D952B1

split-complementary

#D9BD52 #52B1D9 #7952D9

monochromatic

#917920 #C3A32B #D9BD52 #E4D084 #EFE3B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#D9BD52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#D9BD52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BD52

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BD52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BD52	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)

#CFB946

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C257

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9bd52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 189, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.129 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d087',
    500: '#d9bd52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9bd52;
$custom-light: #e8d087;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9bd52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.556,
    "s": 63.981,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80216,
    "c": 0.12946,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BD52

secondary

#394C96

accent

#63E741

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BD52

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

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