#D9BC59#D9BC59

#D9BC59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.123 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BC59
RGB	rgb(217, 188, 89)
HSL	hsl(46, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(46, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 59%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.95, -1.34, 52.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.95, 52.94, 91.45°)
OKLab	oklab(80.09% -0.0067 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(80.09% 0.123 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.4038, 51.4418, 16.8289)
Luminance	0.5144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BC59 #5976D9

analogous

#D97C59 #D9BC59 #B6D959

triadic

#D9BC59 #59D9BC #BC59D9

tetradic

#D9BC59 #59D97C #5976D9 #D959B6

square

#D9BC59 #59D97C #5976D9 #D959B6

split-complementary

#D9BC59 #59B6D9 #7C59D9

monochromatic

#957B22 #C7A42E #D9BC59 #E4D08B #F0E4BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#D9BC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#D9BC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BC59

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BC59	1.00	1.86	11.29	11.29
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB94F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C25D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9AFA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9bc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 188, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.123 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8cf8b',
    500: '#d9bc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9bc59;
$custom-light: #e8cf8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9bc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.406,
    "s": 62.745,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80087,
    "c": 0.12286,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BC59

secondary

#3C519A

accent

#67E642

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BC59

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

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