#D9B951#D9B951

#D9B951 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.128 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B951
RGB	rgb(217, 185, 81)
HSL	hsl(46, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(46, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 62.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.10, -0.32, 55.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.10, 55.63, 90.33°)
OKLab	oklab(79.39% -0.0047 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(79.39% 0.128 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.4517, 50.0463, 14.9435)
Luminance	0.5004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B951 #5171D9

analogous

#D97551 #D9B951 #B5D951

triadic

#D9B951 #51D9B9 #B951D9

tetradic

#D9B951 #51D975 #5171D9 #D951B5

square

#D9B951 #51D975 #5171D9 #D951B5

split-complementary

#D9B951 #51B5D9 #7551D9

monochromatic

#90761F #C29F2A #D9B951 #E4CD83 #EFE1B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#D9B951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#D9B951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B951

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B951	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB646

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C056

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAABA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 185, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.128 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8cd86',
    500: '#d9b951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b951;
$custom-light: #e8cd86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.882,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79392,
    "c": 0.12751,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B951

secondary

#394F95

accent

#68E741

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF2

border

#D6D3CC

text

#16130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B951

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

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