#D9BB3D#D9BB3D

#D9BB3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.143 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BB3D
RGB	rgb(217, 187, 61)
HSL	hsl(48, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(48, 72%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 71.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.46, -2.48, 64.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.46, 64.37, 92.21°)
OKLab	oklab(79.63% -0.0132 0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(79.63% 0.143 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.2303, 50.6318, 11.6992)
Luminance	0.5063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BB3D #3D5BD9

analogous

#D96D3D #D9BB3D #A9D93D

triadic

#D9BB3D #3DD9BB #BB3DD9

tetradic

#D9BB3D #3DD96D #3D5BD9 #D93DA9

square

#D9BB3D #3DD96D #3D5BD9 #D93DA9

split-complementary

#D9BB3D #3DA9D9 #6D3DD9

monochromatic

#826E19 #B59924 #D9BB3D #E3CD70 #EDDFA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#D9BB3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#D9BB3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BB3D

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BB3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BB3D	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB729

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C144

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAACA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9bb3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 187, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.143 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9cf7a',
    500: '#d9bb3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9bb3d;
$custom-light: #e9cf7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9bb3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.462,
    "s": 67.241,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79625,
    "c": 0.1432,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BB3D

secondary

#314289

accent

#5FEA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF2

border

#D6D3CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BB3D

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

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