#D9BB59#D9BB59

#D9BB59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.122 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BB59
RGB	rgb(217, 187, 89)
HSL	hsl(46, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(46, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 59%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.69, -0.82, 52.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.69, 52.63, 90.89°)
OKLab	oklab(79.88% -0.0052 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(79.88% 0.122 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.1909, 51.0161, 16.7580)
Luminance	0.5101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BB59 #5977D9

analogous

#D97B59 #D9BB59 #B7D959

triadic

#D9BB59 #59D9BB #BB59D9

tetradic

#D9BB59 #59D97B #5977D9 #D959B7

square

#D9BB59 #59D97B #5977D9 #D959B7

split-complementary

#D9BB59 #59B7D9 #7B59D9

monochromatic

#957A22 #C7A32E #D9BB59 #E4CF8B #F0E4BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#D9BB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#D9BB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BB59

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BB59	1.00	1.87	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.87	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)

#CDB84F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C15D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9AEA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9bb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 187, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.122 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8cf8b',
    500: '#d9bb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9bb59;
$custom-light: #e8cf8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9bb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.938,
    "s": 62.745,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79884,
    "c": 0.12217,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BB59

secondary

#3C529A

accent

#68E642

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BB59

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

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