#D9BF40#D9BF40

#D9BF40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.144 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BF40
RGB	rgb(217, 191, 64)
HSL	hsl(50, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 70.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.51, -4.41, 64.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.51, 64.37, 93.93°)
OKLab	oklab(80.47% -0.0184 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(80.47% 0.144 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.1738, 52.3859, 12.4235)
Luminance	0.5238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BF40 #405AD9

analogous

#D97340 #D9BF40 #A6D940

triadic

#D9BF40 #40D9BF #BF40D9

tetradic

#D9BF40 #40D973 #405AD9 #D940A6

square

#D9BF40 #40D973 #405AD9 #D940A6

split-complementary

#D9BF40 #40A6D9 #7340D9

monochromatic

#84721A #B79E24 #D9BF40 #E3D073 #EDE1A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#D9BF40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.48

#D9BF40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BF40

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BF40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BF40	1.00	1.83	11.48	11.48
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BB2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C347

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9bf40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 191, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.144 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d17c',
    500: '#d9bf40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9bf40;
$custom-light: #e9d17c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9bf40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.804,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80466,
    "c": 0.14409,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BF40

secondary

#32418B

accent

#5BEA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BF40

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

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