#D9BF59#D9BF59

#D9BF59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.125 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BF59
RGB	rgb(217, 191, 89)
HSL	hsl(48, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 59%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.72, -2.90, 53.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.72, 53.87, 93.09°)
OKLab	oklab(80.7% -0.0112 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(80.7% 0.125 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.0513, 52.7369, 17.0448)
Luminance	0.5273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BF59 #5973D9

analogous

#D97F59 #D9BF59 #B3D959

triadic

#D9BF59 #59D9BF #BF59D9

tetradic

#D9BF59 #59D97F #5973D9 #D959B3

square

#D9BF59 #59D97F #5973D9 #D959B3

split-complementary

#D9BF59 #59B3D9 #7F59D9

monochromatic

#957E22 #C7A82E #D9BF59 #E4D28B #F0E5BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#D9BF59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.55

#D9BF59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BF59

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BF59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BF59	1.00	1.82	11.55	11.55
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BB4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C45E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9bf59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 191, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.125 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d28b',
    500: '#d9bf59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9bf59;
$custom-light: #e8d28b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9bf59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.813,
    "s": 62.745,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80698,
    "c": 0.12506,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BF59

secondary

#3C4F9A

accent

#63E642

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BF59

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

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