#D9BB57#D9BB57

#D9BB57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.124 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BB57
RGB	rgb(217, 187, 87)
HSL	hsl(46, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(46, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 59.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.67, -0.96, 53.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.67, 53.54, 91.03°)
OKLab	oklab(79.86% -0.0058 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(79.86% 0.124 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.1080, 50.9829, 16.3217)
Luminance	0.5098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BB57 #5775D9

analogous

#D97A57 #D9BB57 #B6D957

triadic

#D9BB57 #57D9BB #BB57D9

tetradic

#D9BB57 #57D97A #5775D9 #D957B6

square

#D9BB57 #57D97A #5775D9 #D957B6

split-complementary

#D9BB57 #57B6D9 #7A57D9

monochromatic

#947A21 #C6A32D #D9BB57 #E4CF89 #F0E3BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#D9BB57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#D9BB57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BB57

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BB57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BB57	1.00	1.88	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB84D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C15B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9AEA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9bb57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 187, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.124 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8cf8a',
    500: '#d9bb57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9bb57;
$custom-light: #e8cf8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9bb57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 63.107,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79861,
    "c": 0.12389,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BB57

secondary

#3B5199

accent

#68E642

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BB57

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

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