#D1B838#D1B838

#D1B838 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.143 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D1B838
RGB	rgb(209, 184, 56)
HSL	hsl(50, 62%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 73.2%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.90, -4.59, 64.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.90, 64.59, 94.08°)
OKLab	oklab(78.21% -0.0193 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(78.21% 0.143 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.1510, 48.1241, 10.7039)
Luminance	0.4812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D1B838 #3851D1

analogous

#D16C38 #D1B838 #9ED138

triadic

#D1B838 #38D1B8 #B838D1

tetradic

#D1B838 #38D16C #3851D1 #D1389E

square

#D1B838 #38D16C #3851D1 #D1389E

split-complementary

#D1B838 #389ED1 #6C38D1

monochromatic

#74651B #A69126 #D1B838 #DCCA6A #E8DB9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#D1B838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#D1B838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D1B838

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D1B838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D1B838	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB422

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E1AA9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d1b838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(209, 184, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.143 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e3cc77',
    500: '#d1b838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d1b838;
$custom-light: #e3cc77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d1b838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 209,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.196,
    "s": 62.449,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78212,
    "c": 0.14349,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D1B838

secondary

#919CD4

accent

#5DE642

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D1B838

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

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