#D9BF56#D9BF56

#D9BF56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.128 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BF56
RGB	rgb(217, 191, 86)
HSL	hsl(48, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 60.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.69, -3.12, 55.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.69, 55.22, 93.23°)
OKLab	oklab(80.67% -0.0122 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(80.67% 0.128 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.9279, 52.6875, 16.3948)
Luminance	0.5269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BF56 #5670D9

analogous

#D97E56 #D9BF56 #B1D956

triadic

#D9BF56 #56D9BF #BF56D9

tetradic

#D9BF56 #56D97E #5670D9 #D956B1

square

#D9BF56 #56D97E #5670D9 #D956B1

split-complementary

#D9BF56 #56B1D9 #7E56D9

monochromatic

#937D21 #C5A72C #D9BF56 #E4D288 #EFE5BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#D9BF56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.54

#D9BF56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BF56

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BF56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BF56	1.00	1.82	11.54	11.54
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BB4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C45B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9bf56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 191, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.128 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d289',
    500: '#d9bf56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9bf56;
$custom-light: #e8d289;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9bf56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.092,
    "s": 63.285,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80666,
    "c": 0.12763,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BF56

secondary

#3B4D98

accent

#62E641

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BF56

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

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