#D9BD59#D9BD59

#D9BD59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.124 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BD59
RGB	rgb(217, 189, 89)
HSL	hsl(47, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(47, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 59%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.20, -1.86, 53.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.20, 53.24, 92.01°)
OKLab	oklab(80.29% -0.0082 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(80.29% 0.124 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.6181, 51.8706, 16.9004)
Luminance	0.5187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BD59 #5975D9

analogous

#D97D59 #D9BD59 #B5D959

triadic

#D9BD59 #59D9BD #BD59D9

tetradic

#D9BD59 #59D97D #5975D9 #D959B5

square

#D9BD59 #59D97D #5975D9 #D959B5

split-complementary

#D9BD59 #59B5D9 #7D59D9

monochromatic

#957C22 #C7A62E #D9BD59 #E4D18B #F0E5BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#D9BD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#D9BD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BD59

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BD59	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)

#CFBA4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C25D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B0A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9bd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 189, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.124 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d08b',
    500: '#d9bd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9bd59;
$custom-light: #e8d08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9bd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.875,
    "s": 62.745,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8029,
    "c": 0.12358,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BD59

secondary

#3C519A

accent

#66E642

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BD59

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

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