#D9BB46#D9BB46

#D9BB46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.137 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BB46
RGB	rgb(217, 187, 70)
HSL	hsl(48, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 67.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.52, -2.02, 60.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.52, 60.85, 91.91°)
OKLab	oklab(79.7% -0.0109 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(79.7% 0.137 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.4934, 50.7371, 13.0848)
Luminance	0.5073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BB46 #4664D9

analogous

#D97246 #D9BB46 #AED946

triadic

#D9BB46 #46D9BB #BB46D9

tetradic

#D9BB46 #46D972 #4664D9 #D946AE

square

#D9BB46 #46D972 #4664D9 #D946AE

split-complementary

#D9BB46 #46AED9 #7246D9

monochromatic

#89721C #BB9D26 #D9BB46 #E3CE79 #EEE0AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#D9BB46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#D9BB46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BB46

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BB46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BB46	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB737

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C14C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAADA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9bb46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 187, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.137 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8cf7f',
    500: '#d9bb46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9bb46;
$custom-light: #e8cf7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9bb46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.755,
    "s": 65.919,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79696,
    "c": 0.1372,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BB46

secondary

#35478F

accent

#62E93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF2

border

#D6D3CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BB46

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

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