#D9BB35#D9BB35

#D9BB35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.148 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BB35
RGB	rgb(217, 187, 53)
HSL	hsl(49, 68%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(49, 76%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 75.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.41, -2.83, 67.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.41, 67.24, 92.41°)
OKLab	oklab(79.57% -0.015 0.1471)
OKLCH	oklch(79.57% 0.148 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.0307, 50.5520, 10.6478)
Luminance	0.5055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BB35 #3553D9

analogous

#D96935 #D9BB35 #A5D935

triadic

#D9BB35 #35D9BB #BB35D9

tetradic

#D9BB35 #35D969 #3553D9 #D935A5

square

#D9BB35 #35D969 #3553D9 #D935A5

split-complementary

#D9BB35 #35A5D9 #6935D9

monochromatic

#7C6A17 #B09621 #D9BB35 #E3CC69 #ECDE9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#D9BB35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#D9BB35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BB35

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BB35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BB35	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)

#CFB71B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C13E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAACA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9bb35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 187, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.148 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9cf76',
    500: '#d9bb35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9bb35;
$custom-light: #e9cf76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9bb35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.024,
    "s": 68.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79571,
    "c": 0.1479,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BB35

secondary

#2E3E84

accent

#5DEB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF1

border

#D6D3CB

text

#171309

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BB35

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

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