#D9BB53#D9BB53

#D9BB53 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.127 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BB53
RGB	rgb(217, 187, 83)
HSL	hsl(47, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 61.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.63, -1.24, 55.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.63, 55.33, 91.28°)
OKLab	oklab(79.82% -0.0071 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(79.82% 0.127 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.9491, 50.9194, 15.4847)
Luminance	0.5092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BB53 #5371D9

analogous

#D97853 #D9BB53 #B4D953

triadic

#D9BB53 #53D9BB #BB53D9

tetradic

#D9BB53 #53D978 #5371D9 #D953B4

square

#D9BB53 #53D978 #5371D9 #D953B4

split-complementary

#D9BB53 #53B4D9 #7853D9

monochromatic

#917820 #C4A12B #D9BB53 #E4CF85 #EFE3B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#D9BB53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#D9BB53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BB53

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BB53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BB53	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)

#CDB848

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C158

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9AEA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9bb53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 187, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.127 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8cf87',
    500: '#d9bb53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9bb53;
$custom-light: #e8cf87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9bb53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.567,
    "s": 63.81,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79819,
    "c": 0.12723,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BB53

secondary

#3A4E97

accent

#66E741

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#16130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BB53

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

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