#D9BA59#D9BA59

#D9BA59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.121 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BA59
RGB	rgb(217, 186, 89)
HSL	hsl(45, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(45, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 59%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.43, -0.30, 52.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.43, 52.34, 90.33°)
OKLab	oklab(79.68% -0.0037 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(79.68% 0.121 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.9795, 50.5933, 16.6875)
Luminance	0.5059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BA59 #5978D9

analogous

#D97A59 #D9BA59 #B8D959

triadic

#D9BA59 #59D9BA #BA59D9

tetradic

#D9BA59 #59D97A #5978D9 #D959B8

square

#D9BA59 #59D97A #5978D9 #D959B8

split-complementary

#D9BA59 #59B8D9 #7A59D9

monochromatic

#957A22 #C7A22E #D9BA59 #E4CF8B #F0E3BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#D9BA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#D9BA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BA59

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BA59	1.00	1.89	11.12	11.12
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB74F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C05D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9ADA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9ba59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 186, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.121 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ce8b',
    500: '#d9ba59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9ba59;
$custom-light: #e8ce8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9ba59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.469,
    "s": 62.745,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79681,
    "c": 0.12149,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BA59

secondary

#3C539A

accent

#6AE642

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFAF4

border

#D6D3CE

text

#16130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BA59

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

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