#D9BB5E#D9BB5E

#D9BB5E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.118 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BB5E
RGB	rgb(217, 187, 94)
HSL	hsl(45, 62%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(45, 57%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 56.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.74, -0.45, 50.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.74, 50.34, 90.51°)
OKLab	oklab(79.94% -0.0035 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(79.94% 0.118 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.4080, 51.1029, 17.9016)
Luminance	0.5110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BB5E #5E7CD9

analogous

#D97D5E #D9BB5E #B9D95E

triadic

#D9BB5E #5ED9BB #BB5ED9

tetradic

#D9BB5E #5ED97D #5E7CD9 #D95EB9

square

#D9BB5E #5ED97D #5E7CD9 #D95EB9

split-complementary

#D9BB5E #5EB9D9 #7D5ED9

monochromatic

#997C24 #CAA430 #D9BB5E #E5D090 #F0E5C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#D9BB5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#D9BB5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BB5E

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BB5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BB5E	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB855

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C162

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9AEA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9bb5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 187, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.118 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7cf8e',
    500: '#d9bb5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9bb5e;
$custom-light: #e7cf8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9bb5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.366,
    "s": 61.809,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79942,
    "c": 0.11773,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BB5E

secondary

#3E559D

accent

#46CA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BB5E

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

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