#D9BA37#D9BA37

#D9BA37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.146 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BA37
RGB	rgb(217, 186, 55)
HSL	hsl(49, 68%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(49, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 74.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.16, -2.23, 66.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.16, 66.28, 91.93°)
OKLab	oklab(79.38% -0.0131 0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(79.38% 0.146 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.8663, 50.1480, 10.8247)
Luminance	0.5014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BA37 #3756D9

analogous

#D96937 #D9BA37 #A7D937

triadic

#D9BA37 #37D9BA #BA37D9

tetradic

#D9BA37 #37D969 #3756D9 #D937A7

square

#D9BA37 #37D969 #3756D9 #D937A7

split-complementary

#D9BA37 #37A7D9 #6937D9

monochromatic

#7E6A18 #B19622 #D9BA37 #E3CC6A #EDDD9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#D9BA37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#D9BA37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BA37

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BA37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BA37	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB61F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C03F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAABA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9ba37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 186, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.146 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ce77',
    500: '#d9ba37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9ba37;
$custom-light: #e9ce77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9ba37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.519,
    "s": 68.067,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79379,
    "c": 0.14612,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BA37

secondary

#2F4085

accent

#5EEB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF1

border

#D6D3CB

text

#171309

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BA37

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

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