#D9BB37#D9BB37

#D9BB37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.147 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BB37
RGB	rgb(217, 187, 55)
HSL	hsl(49, 68%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(49, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 74.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.42, -2.75, 66.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.42, 66.55, 92.37°)
OKLab	oklab(79.58% -0.0146 0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(79.58% 0.147 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.0777, 50.5708, 10.8951)
Luminance	0.5057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BB37 #3755D9

analogous

#D96A37 #D9BB37 #A6D937

triadic

#D9BB37 #37D9BB #BB37D9

tetradic

#D9BB37 #37D96A #3755D9 #D937A6

square

#D9BB37 #37D96A #3755D9 #D937A6

split-complementary

#D9BB37 #37A6D9 #6A37D9

monochromatic

#7E6B18 #B19722 #D9BB37 #E3CC6A #EDDE9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#D9BB37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#D9BB37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BB37

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BB37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BB37	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)

#CFB71F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C13F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAACA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9bb37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 187, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.147 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9cf77',
    500: '#d9bb37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9bb37;
$custom-light: #e9cf77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9bb37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.889,
    "s": 68.067,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79583,
    "c": 0.14678,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BB37

secondary

#2F3F85

accent

#5DEB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF1

border

#D6D3CB

text

#171309

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BB37

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

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