#D9BA55#D9BA55

#D9BA55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.125 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BA55
RGB	rgb(217, 186, 85)
HSL	hsl(46, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 60.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.39, -0.58, 54.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.39, 54.14, 90.61°)
OKLab	oklab(79.64% -0.005 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(79.64% 0.125 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.8160, 50.5279, 15.8268)
Luminance	0.5052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BA55 #5574D9

analogous

#D97855 #D9BA55 #B6D955

triadic

#D9BA55 #55D9BA #BA55D9

tetradic

#D9BA55 #55D978 #5574D9 #D955B6

square

#D9BA55 #55D978 #5574D9 #D955B6

split-complementary

#D9BA55 #55B6D9 #7855D9

monochromatic

#937821 #C5A12C #D9BA55 #E4CE87 #EFE3B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#D9BA55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#D9BA55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BA55

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BA55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BA55	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB74A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C059

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9ADA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9ba55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 186, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.125 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ce88',
    500: '#d9ba55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9ba55;
$custom-light: #e8ce88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9ba55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.909,
    "s": 63.462,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79637,
    "c": 0.12489,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BA55

secondary

#3A5098

accent

#68E641

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFAF4

border

#D6D3CE

text

#16130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BA55

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

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