#D9BD57#D9BD57

#D9BD57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.125 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BD57
RGB	rgb(217, 189, 87)
HSL	hsl(47, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(47, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 59.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.18, -2.01, 54.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.18, 54.15, 92.12°)
OKLab	oklab(80.27% -0.0088 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(80.27% 0.125 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.5353, 51.8374, 16.4641)
Luminance	0.5183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BD57 #5773D9

analogous

#D97C57 #D9BD57 #B4D957

triadic

#D9BD57 #57D9BD #BD57D9

tetradic

#D9BD57 #57D97C #5773D9 #D957B4

square

#D9BD57 #57D97C #5773D9 #D957B4

split-complementary

#D9BD57 #57B4D9 #7C57D9

monochromatic

#947B21 #C6A52D #D9BD57 #E4D189 #F0E4BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#D9BD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#D9BD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BD57

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BD57	1.00	1.85	11.37	11.37
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBA4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C25C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B0A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9bd57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 189, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.125 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d08a',
    500: '#d9bd57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9bd57;
$custom-light: #e8d08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9bd57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.077,
    "s": 63.107,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80268,
    "c": 0.1253,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BD57

secondary

#3B4F99

accent

#65E642

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BD57

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

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