#D3B43B#D3B43B

#D3B43B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.139 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D3B43B
RGB	rgb(211, 180, 59)
HSL	hsl(48, 63%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(48, 72%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 72%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.07, -1.50, 62.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.07, 62.57, 91.37°)
OKLab	oklab(77.6% -0.0103 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(77.6% 0.139 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.9770, 46.8096, 10.8556)
Luminance	0.4681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D3B43B #3B5AD3

analogous

#D3683B #D3B43B #A6D33B

triadic

#D3B43B #3BD3B4 #B43BD3

tetradic

#D3B43B #3BD368 #3B5AD3 #D33BA6

square

#D3B43B #3BD368 #3B5AD3 #D33BA6

split-complementary

#D3B43B #3BA6D3 #683BD3

monochromatic

#79651B #AB9026 #D3B43B #DEC76D #E9DA9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#D3B43B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#D3B43B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D3B43B

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D3B43B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D3B43B	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B128

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4A69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d3b43b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(211, 180, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.139 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5ca79',
    500: '#d3b43b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d3b43b;
$custom-light: #e5ca79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d3b43b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 211,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.763,
    "s": 63.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77601,
    "c": 0.13907,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D3B43B

secondary

#94A1D6

accent

#63E641

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D3B43B

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

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