#D9B855#D9B855

#D9B855 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.124 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B855
RGB	rgb(217, 184, 85)
HSL	hsl(45, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(45, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 60.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.88, 0.47, 53.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.88, 53.57, 89.50°)
OKLab	oklab(79.23% -0.0019 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(79.23% 0.124 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.3977, 49.6911, 15.6874)
Luminance	0.4969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B855 #5576D9

analogous

#D97655 #D9B855 #B8D955

triadic

#D9B855 #55D9B8 #B855D9

tetradic

#D9B855 #55D976 #5576D9 #D955B8

square

#D9B855 #55D976 #5576D9 #D955B8

split-complementary

#D9B855 #55B8D9 #7655D9

monochromatic

#937621 #C59F2C #D9B855 #E4CD87 #EFE2B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#D9B855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#D9B855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B855

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B855	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB64B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9ABA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 184, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.124 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8cd88',
    500: '#d9b855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b855;
$custom-light: #e8cd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 63.462,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79232,
    "c": 0.12358,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B855

secondary

#ABB8DF

accent

#6BE641

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B855

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

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