#D3B231#D3B231

#D3B231 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.144 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D3B231
RGB	rgb(211, 178, 49)
HSL	hsl(48, 65%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 77%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 76.8%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.49, -0.88, 65.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.49, 65.64, 90.77°)
OKLab	oklab(77.13% -0.0096 0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(77.13% 0.144 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.3412, 45.9140, 9.4846)
Luminance	0.4591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D3B231 #3152D3

analogous

#D36131 #D3B231 #A3D331

triadic

#D3B231 #31D3B2 #B231D3

tetradic

#D3B231 #31D361 #3152D3 #D331A3

square

#D3B231 #31D361 #3152D3 #D331A3

split-complementary

#D3B231 #31A3D3 #6131D3

monochromatic

#715F18 #A48A23 #D3B231 #DEC563 #E9D896

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#D3B231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#D3B231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D3B231

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D3B231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D3B231	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB939

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4A399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d3b231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(211, 178, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.144 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5c873',
    500: '#d3b231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d3b231;
$custom-light: #e5c873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d3b231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 211,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.778,
    "s": 64.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77125,
    "c": 0.14362,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D3B231

secondary

#8C9BD4

accent

#62E840

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D3B231

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

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