#D9BB49#D9BB49

#D9BB49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.135 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BB49
RGB	rgb(217, 187, 73)
HSL	hsl(48, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 66.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.54, -1.86, 59.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.54, 59.62, 91.78°)
OKLab	oklab(79.72% -0.0101 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(79.72% 0.135 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.5905, 50.7759, 13.5961)
Luminance	0.5077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BB49 #4967D9

analogous

#D97349 #D9BB49 #AFD949

triadic

#D9BB49 #49D9BB #BB49D9

tetradic

#D9BB49 #49D973 #4967D9 #D949AF

square

#D9BB49 #49D973 #4967D9 #D949AF

split-complementary

#D9BB49 #49AFD9 #7349D9

monochromatic

#8B741D #BD9E28 #D9BB49 #E4CE7C #EEE1AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#D9BB49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#D9BB49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BB49

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BB49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BB49	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)

#CEB83B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C14F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAADA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9bb49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 187, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.135 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8cf81',
    500: '#d9bb49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9bb49;
$custom-light: #e8cf81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9bb49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.5,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79722,
    "c": 0.13502,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BB49

secondary

#364991

accent

#63E83F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF2

border

#D6D3CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BB49

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

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