#D1B538#D1B538

#D1B538 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.141 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D1B538
RGB	rgb(209, 181, 56)
HSL	hsl(49, 62%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(49, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 73.2%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.12, -3.03, 63.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.12, 63.74, 92.72°)
OKLab	oklab(77.59% -0.0149 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(77.59% 0.141 96)
XYZ	xyz(43.5344, 46.8909, 10.4984)
Luminance	0.4689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D1B538 #3854D1

analogous

#D16938 #D1B538 #A0D138

triadic

#D1B538 #38D1B5 #B538D1

tetradic

#D1B538 #38D169 #3854D1 #D138A0

square

#D1B538 #38D169 #3854D1 #D138A0

split-complementary

#D1B538 #38A0D1 #6938D1

monochromatic

#74641B #A68E26 #D1B538 #DCC76A #E8DA9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#D1B538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#D1B538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D1B538

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D1B538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D1B538	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B123

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E2A79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d1b538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(209, 181, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.141 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e3ca77',
    500: '#d1b538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d1b538;
$custom-light: #e3ca77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d1b538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 209,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.02,
    "s": 62.449,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77592,
    "c": 0.14135,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.46889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D1B538

secondary

#919DD4

accent

#60E642

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D1B538

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

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