#D9BB55#D9BB55

#D9BB55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.126 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BB55
RGB	rgb(217, 187, 85)
HSL	hsl(46, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 60.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.65, -1.10, 54.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.65, 54.44, 91.16°)
OKLab	oklab(79.84% -0.0065 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(79.84% 0.126 93)
XYZ	xyz(48.0274, 50.9507, 15.8973)
Luminance	0.5095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BB55 #5573D9

analogous

#D97955 #D9BB55 #B5D955

triadic

#D9BB55 #55D9BB #BB55D9

tetradic

#D9BB55 #55D979 #5573D9 #D955B5

square

#D9BB55 #55D979 #5573D9 #D955B5

split-complementary

#D9BB55 #55B5D9 #7955D9

monochromatic

#937921 #C5A22C #D9BB55 #E4CF87 #EFE3B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#D9BB55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#D9BB55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BB55

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BB55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BB55	1.00	1.88	11.19	11.19
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB84A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C15A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9AEA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9bb55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 187, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.126 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8cf88',
    500: '#d9bb55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9bb55;
$custom-light: #e8cf88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9bb55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.364,
    "s": 63.462,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7984,
    "c": 0.12558,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.50948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BB55

secondary

#3A5098

accent

#67E641

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BB55

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

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