#D1B738#D1B738

#D1B738 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.143 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D1B738
RGB	rgb(209, 183, 56)
HSL	hsl(50, 62%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 73.2%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.64, -4.07, 64.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.64, 64.30, 93.63°)
OKLab	oklab(78.01% -0.0178 0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(78.01% 0.143 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.9440, 47.7101, 10.6349)
Luminance	0.4771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D1B738 #3852D1

analogous

#D16B38 #D1B738 #9FD138

triadic

#D1B738 #38D1B7 #B738D1

tetradic

#D1B738 #38D16B #3852D1 #D1389F

square

#D1B738 #38D16B #3852D1 #D1389F

split-complementary

#D1B738 #389FD1 #6B38D1

monochromatic

#74651B #A69026 #D1B738 #DCC96A #E8DB9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#D1B738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#D1B738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D1B738

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D1B738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D1B738	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB322

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E2A99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d1b738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(209, 183, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.143 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e3cc77',
    500: '#d1b738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d1b738;
$custom-light: #e3cc77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d1b738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 209,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.804,
    "s": 62.449,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78005,
    "c": 0.14276,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D1B738

secondary

#919CD4

accent

#5EE642

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D1B738

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

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