#D9BD55#D9BD55

#D9BD55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.127 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BD55
RGB	rgb(217, 189, 85)
HSL	hsl(47, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 60.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.16, -2.14, 55.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.16, 55.04, 92.23°)
OKLab	oklab(80.25% -0.0095 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(80.25% 0.127 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.4547, 51.8052, 16.0397)
Luminance	0.5180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BD55 #5571D9

analogous

#D97B55 #D9BD55 #B3D955

triadic

#D9BD55 #55D9BD #BD55D9

tetradic

#D9BD55 #55D97B #5571D9 #D955B3

square

#D9BD55 #55D97B #5571D9 #D955B3

split-complementary

#D9BD55 #55B3D9 #7B55D9

monochromatic

#937B21 #C5A42C #D9BD55 #E4D087 #EFE4B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#D9BD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#D9BD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BD55

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BD55	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBA4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C25A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9bd55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 189, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.127 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d089',
    500: '#d9bd55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9bd55;
$custom-light: #e8d089;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9bd55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.273,
    "s": 63.462,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80247,
    "c": 0.12699,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BD55

secondary

#3A4E98

accent

#64E641

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BD55

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →