#D9BF4B#D9BF4B

#D9BF4B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.136 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BF4B
RGB	rgb(217, 191, 75)
HSL	hsl(49, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 65.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.59, -3.82, 59.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.59, 59.98, 93.65°)
OKLab	oklab(80.56% -0.0155 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(80.56% 0.136 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.5183, 52.5237, 14.2377)
Luminance	0.5252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BF4B #4B65D9

analogous

#D9784B #D9BF4B #ACD94B

triadic

#D9BF4B #4BD9BF #BF4BD9

tetradic

#D9BF4B #4BD978 #4B65D9 #D94BAC

square

#D9BF4B #4BD978 #4B65D9 #D94BAC

split-complementary

#D9BF4B #4BACD9 #784BD9

monochromatic

#8C781E #BFA328 #D9BF4B #E4D17E #EEE3B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#D9BF4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#D9BF4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BF4B

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BF4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BF4B	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)

#D1BB3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C351

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9bf4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 191, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.136 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d283',
    500: '#d9bf4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9bf4b;
$custom-light: #e8d283;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9bf4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.014,
    "s": 65.138,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80558,
    "c": 0.13639,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BF4B

secondary

#364792

accent

#5FE840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BF4B

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

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