#D9BB40#D9BB40

#D9BB40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.141 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BB40
RGB	rgb(217, 187, 64)
HSL	hsl(48, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 70.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.48, -2.34, 63.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.48, 63.23, 92.12°)
OKLab	oklab(79.65% -0.0125 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(79.65% 0.141 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.3134, 50.6651, 12.1367)
Luminance	0.5066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BB40 #405ED9

analogous

#D96E40 #D9BB40 #ABD940

triadic

#D9BB40 #40D9BB #BB40D9

tetradic

#D9BB40 #40D96E #405ED9 #D940AB

square

#D9BB40 #40D96E #405ED9 #D940AB

split-complementary

#D9BB40 #40ABD9 #6E40D9

monochromatic

#84701A #B79B24 #D9BB40 #E3CD73 #EDDFA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#D9BB40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#D9BB40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BB40

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BB40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BB40	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)

#CEB72E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C147

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAADA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9bb40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 187, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.141 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9cf7c',
    500: '#d9bb40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9bb40;
$custom-light: #e9cf7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9bb40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.235,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79647,
    "c": 0.14128,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BB40

secondary

#32448B

accent

#60EA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF2

border

#D6D3CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BB40

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

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