#D4BB59#D4BB59

#D4BB59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.121 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4BB59
RGB	rgb(212, 187, 89)
HSL	hsl(48, 59%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 58%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 58%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.23, -2.92, 51.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.23, 52.06, 93.21°)
OKLab	oklab(79.41% -0.0109 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(79.41% 0.121 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.7268, 50.2611, 16.6894)
Luminance	0.5026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4BB59 #5972D4

analogous

#D47E59 #D4BB59 #B0D459

triadic

#D4BB59 #59D4BB #BB59D4

tetradic

#D4BB59 #59D47E #5972D4 #D459B0

square

#D4BB59 #59D47E #5972D4 #D459B0

split-complementary

#D4BB59 #59B0D4 #7E59D4

monochromatic

#8E7825 #BEA231 #D4BB59 #E1CF8A #EDE3BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#D4BB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#D4BB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4BB59

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4BB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4BB59	1.00	1.90	11.05	11.05
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB74F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3AEA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4bb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 187, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.121 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4cf8b',
    500: '#d4bb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4bb59;
$custom-light: #e4cf8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4bb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.805,
    "s": 58.852,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79413,
    "c": 0.12127,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4BB59

secondary

#3E4F94

accent

#66E246

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16130C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4BB59

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

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