#D9BF46#D9BF46

#D9BF46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.140 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BF46
RGB	rgb(217, 191, 70)
HSL	hsl(49, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 67.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.55, -4.10, 61.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.55, 62.02, 93.79°)
OKLab	oklab(80.51% -0.0169 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(80.51% 0.14 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.3538, 52.4579, 13.3716)
Luminance	0.5246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BF46 #4660D9

analogous

#D97646 #D9BF46 #AAD946

triadic

#D9BF46 #46D9BF #BF46D9

tetradic

#D9BF46 #46D976 #4660D9 #D946AA

square

#D9BF46 #46D976 #4660D9 #D946AA

split-complementary

#D9BF46 #46AAD9 #7646D9

monochromatic

#89751C #BBA126 #D9BF46 #E3D179 #EEE2AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#D9BF46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.49

#D9BF46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BF46

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BF46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BF46	1.00	1.83	11.49	11.49
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BB36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9bf46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 191, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.140 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d280',
    500: '#d9bf46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9bf46;
$custom-light: #e8d280;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9bf46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.388,
    "s": 65.919,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80514,
    "c": 0.14003,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BF46

secondary

#35448F

accent

#5DE93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BF46

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

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