#D9BF49#D9BF49

#D9BF49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.138 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BF49
RGB	rgb(217, 191, 73)
HSL	hsl(49, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 66.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.58, -3.93, 60.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.58, 60.80, 93.71°)
OKLab	oklab(80.54% -0.016 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(80.54% 0.138 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.4509, 52.4968, 13.8829)
Luminance	0.5249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BF49 #4963D9

analogous

#D97749 #D9BF49 #ABD949

triadic

#D9BF49 #49D9BF #BF49D9

tetradic

#D9BF49 #49D977 #4963D9 #D949AB

square

#D9BF49 #49D977 #4963D9 #D949AB

split-complementary

#D9BF49 #49ABD9 #7749D9

monochromatic

#8B771D #BDA228 #D9BF49 #E4D17C #EEE3AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#D9BF49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#D9BF49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BF49

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BF49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BF49	1.00	1.83	11.50	11.50
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BB3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9bf49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 191, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.138 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d281',
    500: '#d9bf49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9bf49;
$custom-light: #e8d281;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9bf49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.167,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8054,
    "c": 0.13788,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BF49

secondary

#364691

accent

#5EE83F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BF49

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

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