#D9BB51#D9BB51

#D9BB51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.129 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BB51
RGB	rgb(217, 187, 81)
HSL	hsl(47, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(47, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 62.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.61, -1.37, 56.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.61, 56.21, 91.39°)
OKLab	oklab(79.8% -0.0077 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(79.8% 0.129 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.8730, 50.8889, 15.0839)
Luminance	0.5089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BB51 #516FD9

analogous

#D97751 #D9BB51 #B3D951

triadic

#D9BB51 #51D9BB #BB51D9

tetradic

#D9BB51 #51D977 #516FD9 #D951B3

square

#D9BB51 #51D977 #516FD9 #D951B3

split-complementary

#D9BB51 #51B3D9 #7751D9

monochromatic

#90771F #C2A12A #D9BB51 #E4CF83 #EFE2B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#D9BB51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#D9BB51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BB51

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BB51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BB51	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB845

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C156

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9ADA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9bb51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 187, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.129 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8cf86',
    500: '#d9bb51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9bb51;
$custom-light: #e8cf86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9bb51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.765,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79798,
    "c": 0.12885,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BB51

secondary

#394D95

accent

#65E741

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BB51

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

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