#D9BB39#D9BB39

#D9BB39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.146 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BB39
RGB	rgb(217, 187, 57)
HSL	hsl(49, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(49, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 73.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.43, -2.66, 65.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.43, 65.84, 92.32°)
OKLab	oklab(79.6% -0.0142 0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(79.6% 0.146 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.1266, 50.5903, 11.1528)
Luminance	0.5059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BB39 #3957D9

analogous

#D96B39 #D9BB39 #A7D939

triadic

#D9BB39 #39D9BB #BB39D9

tetradic

#D9BB39 #39D96B #3957D9 #D939A7

square

#D9BB39 #39D96B #3957D9 #D939A7

split-complementary

#D9BB39 #39A7D9 #6B39D9

monochromatic

#7F6C18 #B39722 #D9BB39 #E3CD6C #EDDEA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#D9BB39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#D9BB39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BB39

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BB39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BB39	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)

#CEB723

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C141

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAACA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9bb39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 187, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.146 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9cf78',
    500: '#d9bb39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9bb39;
$custom-light: #e9cf78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9bb39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 67.797,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79597,
    "c": 0.14562,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BB39

secondary

#304086

accent

#5EEB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF1

border

#D6D3CB

text

#171309

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BB39

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

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