#D9BD51#D9BD51

#D9BD51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.130 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BD51
RGB	rgb(217, 189, 81)
HSL	hsl(48, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 62.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.13, -2.41, 56.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.13, 56.80, 92.43°)
OKLab	oklab(80.21% -0.0107 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(80.21% 0.13 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.3003, 51.7434, 15.2263)
Luminance	0.5174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BD51 #516DD9

analogous

#D97951 #D9BD51 #B1D951

triadic

#D9BD51 #51D9BD #BD51D9

tetradic

#D9BD51 #51D979 #516DD9 #D951B1

square

#D9BD51 #51D979 #516DD9 #D951B1

split-complementary

#D9BD51 #51B1D9 #7951D9

monochromatic

#90791F #C2A32A #D9BD51 #E4D083 #EFE3B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#D9BD51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#D9BD51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BD51

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BD51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BD51	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB945

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C256

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9AFA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9bd51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 189, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.130 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d086',
    500: '#d9bd51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9bd51;
$custom-light: #e8d086;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9bd51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.647,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80206,
    "c": 0.13027,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BD51

secondary

#394C95

accent

#63E741

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BD51

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

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