#D9BB36#D9BB36

#D9BB36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.147 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#D9BB36
RGBrgb(217, 187, 54)
HSLhsl(49, 68%, 53%)
HSVhsv(49, 75%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 13.8%, 75.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(76.41, -2.79, 66.84)
CIE-LCHlch(76.41, 66.90, 92.39°)
OKLaboklab(79.58% -0.0148 0.1466)
OKLCHoklch(79.58% 0.147 95.8)
XYZxyz(47.0539, 50.5613, 10.7702)
Luminance0.5056 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#D9BB36 #3654D9
analogous
#D96936 #D9BB36 #A5D936
triadic
#D9BB36 #36D9BB #BB36D9
tetradic
#D9BB36 #36D969 #3654D9 #D936A5
square
#D9BB36 #36D969 #3654D9 #D936A5
split-complementary
#D9BB36 #36A5D9 #6936D9
monochromatic
#7D6A18 #B09621 #D9BB36 #E3CC69 #ECDE9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89
#D9BB36 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11
#D9BB36 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BB36
11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##D9BB36#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##D9BB361.001.8911.1111.11
#FFFFFF1.891.0021.0021.00
#00000011.1121.001.001.00
##00000011.1121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CFB71D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D6C13E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#EAACA1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #d9bb36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 187, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.147 95.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9cf77',
    500: '#d9bb36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #d9bb36;
$custom-light: #e9cf77;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#d9bb36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.957,
    "s": 68.201,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79577,
    "c": 0.14734,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#D9BB36
secondary
#2F3F84
accent
#5DEB3D
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FEFAF1
border
#D6D3CB
text
#171309
muted
#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BB36

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

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#D9BB36 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva