#D9BD53#D9BD53

#D9BD53 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.129 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BD53
RGB	rgb(217, 189, 83)
HSL	hsl(47, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 61.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.15, -2.28, 55.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.15, 55.93, 92.33°)
OKLab	oklab(80.23% -0.0101 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(80.23% 0.129 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.3764, 51.7738, 15.6272)
Luminance	0.5177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BD53 #536FD9

analogous

#D97A53 #D9BD53 #B2D953

triadic

#D9BD53 #53D9BD #BD53D9

tetradic

#D9BD53 #53D97A #536FD9 #D953B2

square

#D9BD53 #53D97A #536FD9 #D953B2

split-complementary

#D9BD53 #53B2D9 #7A53D9

monochromatic

#917A20 #C4A42B #D9BD53 #E4D085 #EFE3B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#D9BD53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#D9BD53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BD53

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BD53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BD53	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)

#CFBA47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C258

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9bd53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 189, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.129 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d087',
    500: '#d9bd53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9bd53;
$custom-light: #e8d087;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9bd53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.463,
    "s": 63.81,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80226,
    "c": 0.12865,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BD53

secondary

#3A4D97

accent

#64E741

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#16130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BD53

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

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