#D9BB48#D9BB48

#D9BB48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.136 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BB48
RGB	rgb(217, 187, 72)
HSL	hsl(48, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(48, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 66.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.54, -1.91, 60.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.54, 60.04, 91.83°)
OKLab	oklab(79.71% -0.0104 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(79.71% 0.136 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.5576, 50.7628, 13.4228)
Luminance	0.5076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BB48 #4866D9

analogous

#D97348 #D9BB48 #AFD948

triadic

#D9BB48 #48D9BB #BB48D9

tetradic

#D9BB48 #48D973 #4866D9 #D948AF

square

#D9BB48 #48D973 #4866D9 #D948AF

split-complementary

#D9BB48 #48AFD9 #7348D9

monochromatic

#8A731D #BD9E27 #D9BB48 #E4CE7B #EEE1AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#D9BB48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#D9BB48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BB48

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BB48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BB48	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)

#CEB839

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C14E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAADA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9bb48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 187, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.136 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8cf81',
    500: '#d9bb48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9bb48;
$custom-light: #e8cf81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9bb48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.586,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79713,
    "c": 0.13576,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BB48

secondary

#354890

accent

#62E93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF2

border

#D6D3CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BB48

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

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