#D9BF5B#D9BF5B

#D9BF5B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.123 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9BF5B
RGB	rgb(217, 191, 91)
HSL	hsl(48, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 58.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.74, -2.76, 52.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.74, 52.97, 92.99°)
OKLab	oklab(80.72% -0.0105 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(80.72% 0.123 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.1364, 52.7710, 17.4931)
Luminance	0.5277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9BF5B #5B75D9

analogous

#D9805B #D9BF5B #B4D95B

triadic

#D9BF5B #5BD9BF #BF5BD9

tetradic

#D9BF5B #5BD980 #5B75D9 #D95BB4

square

#D9BF5B #5BD980 #5B75D9 #D95BB4

split-complementary

#D9BF5B #5BB4D9 #805BD9

monochromatic

#977F23 #C8A92E #D9BF5B #E5D28D #F0E6BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#D9BF5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.55

#D9BF5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9BF5B

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9BF5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9BF5B	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)

#D0BB51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C45F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9bf5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 191, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.123 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d28d',
    500: '#d9bf5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9bf5b;
$custom-light: #e8d28d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9bf5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.619,
    "s": 62.376,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80721,
    "c": 0.12332,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9BF5B

secondary

#3D509B

accent

#3FCA1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9BF5B

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

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