#D9BB5B#D9BB5B

#D9BB5B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.120 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BB5B
RGB	rgb(217, 187, 91)
HSL	hsl(46, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(46, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 58.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.71, -0.68, 51.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.71, 51.72, 90.75°)
OKLab	oklab(79.91% -0.0045 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(79.91% 0.12 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.2760, 51.0501, 17.2063)
Luminance	0.5105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BB5B #5B79D9

analogous

#D97C5B #D9BB5B #B8D95B

triadic

#D9BB5B #5BD9BB #BB5BD9

tetradic

#D9BB5B #5BD97C #5B79D9 #D95BB8

square

#D9BB5B #5BD97C #5B79D9 #D95BB8

split-complementary

#D9BB5B #5BB8D9 #7C5BD9

monochromatic

#977B23 #C8A42E #D9BB5B #E5D08D #F0E4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#D9BB5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#D9BB5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BB5B

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BB5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BB5B	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)

#CDB852

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C15F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9AEA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9bb5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 187, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.120 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8cf8c',
    500: '#d9bb5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9bb5b;
$custom-light: #e8cf8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9bb5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.714,
    "s": 62.376,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79907,
    "c": 0.12042,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BB5B

secondary

#3D539B

accent

#45CA1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BB5B

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

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