#D9BB56#D9BB56

#D9BB56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.125 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BB56
RGB	rgb(217, 187, 86)
HSL	hsl(46, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 60.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.66, -1.03, 53.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.66, 53.99, 91.10°)
OKLab	oklab(79.85% -0.0062 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(79.85% 0.125 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.0675, 50.9667, 16.1080)
Luminance	0.5096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BB56 #5674D9

analogous

#D97A56 #D9BB56 #B5D956

triadic

#D9BB56 #56D9BB #BB56D9

tetradic

#D9BB56 #56D97A #5674D9 #D956B5

square

#D9BB56 #56D97A #5674D9 #D956B5

split-complementary

#D9BB56 #56B5D9 #7A56D9

monochromatic

#937921 #C5A22C #D9BB56 #E4CF88 #EFE3BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#D9BB56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#D9BB56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BB56

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BB56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BB56	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)

#CDB84B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C15A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9AEA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9bb56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 187, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.125 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8cf89',
    500: '#d9bb56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9bb56;
$custom-light: #e8cf89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9bb56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.26,
    "s": 63.285,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79851,
    "c": 0.12473,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BB56

secondary

#3B5098

accent

#67E641

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BB56

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

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