#D9BF57#D9BF57

#D9BF57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.127 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BF57
RGB	rgb(217, 191, 87)
HSL	hsl(48, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 59.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.70, -3.05, 54.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.70, 54.77, 93.19°)
OKLab	oklab(80.68% -0.0118 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(80.68% 0.127 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.9684, 52.7038, 16.6085)
Luminance	0.5270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BF57 #5771D9

analogous

#D97E57 #D9BF57 #B2D957

triadic

#D9BF57 #57D9BF #BF57D9

tetradic

#D9BF57 #57D97E #5771D9 #D957B2

square

#D9BF57 #57D97E #5771D9 #D957B2

split-complementary

#D9BF57 #57B2D9 #7E57D9

monochromatic

#947D21 #C6A72D #D9BF57 #E4D289 #F0E5BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#D9BF57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.54

#D9BF57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BF57

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BF57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BF57	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)

#D1BB4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C45C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9bf57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 191, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.127 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d28a',
    500: '#d9bf57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9bf57;
$custom-light: #e8d28a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9bf57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 63.107,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80676,
    "c": 0.12678,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BF57

secondary

#3B4E99

accent

#63E642

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BF57

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

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