#D9BB5A#D9BB5A

#D9BB5A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.121 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BB5A
RGB	rgb(217, 187, 90)
HSL	hsl(46, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(46, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 58.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.70, -0.75, 52.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.70, 52.18, 90.82°)
OKLab	oklab(79.9% -0.0049 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(79.9% 0.121 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.2331, 51.0330, 16.9806)
Luminance	0.5103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BB5A #5A78D9

analogous

#D97C5A #D9BB5A #B7D95A

triadic

#D9BB5A #5AD9BB #BB5AD9

tetradic

#D9BB5A #5AD97C #5A78D9 #D95AB7

square

#D9BB5A #5AD97C #5A78D9 #D95AB7

split-complementary

#D9BB5A #5AB7D9 #7C5AD9

monochromatic

#967B23 #C8A32E #D9BB5A #E4D08C #F0E4BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#D9BB5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#D9BB5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BB5A

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BB5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BB5A	1.00	1.87	11.21	11.21
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB850

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C15E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9AEA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9bb5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 187, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.121 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8cf8c',
    500: '#d9bb5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9bb5a;
$custom-light: #e8cf8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9bb5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.827,
    "s": 62.562,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79895,
    "c": 0.1213,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BB5A

secondary

#3C539B

accent

#45CA1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BB5A

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

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