#D9BD61#D9BD61

#D9BD61 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.116 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BD61
RGB	rgb(217, 189, 97)
HSL	hsl(46, 61%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 55%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 55.3%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.29, -1.26, 49.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.29, 49.55, 91.46°)
OKLab	oklab(80.38% -0.0055 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(80.38% 0.116 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.9725, 52.0123, 18.7668)
Luminance	0.5201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BD61 #617DD9

analogous

#D98161 #D9BD61 #B9D961

triadic

#D9BD61 #61D9BD #BD61D9

tetradic

#D9BD61 #61D981 #617DD9 #D961B9

square

#D9BD61 #61D981 #617DD9 #D961B9

split-complementary

#D9BD61 #61B9D9 #8161D9

monochromatic

#9A7F25 #CCA831 #D9BD61 #E5D292 #F1E6C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#D9BD61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#D9BD61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BD61

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BD61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BD61	1.00	1.84	11.40	11.40
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEBA58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C265

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8B1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9bd61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 189, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.116 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d090',
    500: '#d9bd61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9bd61;
$custom-light: #e7d090;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9bd61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46,
    "s": 61.224,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80385,
    "c": 0.11641,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BD61

secondary

#3F569F

accent

#45C91D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BD61

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

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