#D9BF51#D9BF51

#D9BF51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.132 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BF51
RGB	rgb(217, 191, 81)
HSL	hsl(49, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(49, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 62.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.64, -3.45, 57.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.64, 57.42, 93.44°)
OKLab	oklab(80.61% -0.0137 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(80.61% 0.132 96)
XYZ	xyz(48.7334, 52.6098, 15.3707)
Luminance	0.5261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BF51 #516BD9

analogous

#D97B51 #D9BF51 #AFD951

triadic

#D9BF51 #51D9BF #BF51D9

tetradic

#D9BF51 #51D97B #516BD9 #D951AF

square

#D9BF51 #51D97B #516BD9 #D951AF

split-complementary

#D9BF51 #51AFD9 #7B51D9

monochromatic

#907B1F #C2A52A #D9BF51 #E4D183 #EFE4B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#D9BF51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.52

#D9BF51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BF51

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BF51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BF51	1.00	1.82	11.52	11.52
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BB45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C356

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9bf51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 191, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.132 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d286',
    500: '#d9bf51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9bf51;
$custom-light: #e8d286;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9bf51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.529,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80614,
    "c": 0.13175,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.52607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BF51

secondary

#394B95

accent

#60E741

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BF51

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

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