#D3B822#D3B822

#D3B822 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.154 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D3B822
RGB	rgb(211, 184, 34)
HSL	hsl(51, 72%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 84%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 83.9%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.98, -4.51, 71.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.98, 71.55, 93.61°)
OKLab	oklab(78.28% -0.0211 0.1528)
OKLCH	oklch(78.28% 0.154 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.2956, 48.2478, 8.4927)
Luminance	0.4824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D3B822 #223DD3

analogous

#D35F22 #D3B822 #96D322

triadic

#D3B822 #22D3B8 #B822D3

tetradic

#D3B822 #22D35F #223DD3 #D32296

square

#D3B822 #22D35F #223DD3 #D32296

split-complementary

#D3B822 #2296D3 #5F22D3

monochromatic

#6A5C11 #9E8A1A #D3B822 #E3CC4F #EBDB84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#D3B822 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#D3B822 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D3B822

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D3B822	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D3B822	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BC2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4A99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d3b822;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(211, 184, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.154 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5cc6d',
    500: '#d3b822',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d3b822;
$custom-light: #e5cc6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d3b822",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 211,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.847,
    "s": 72.245,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78283,
    "c": 0.15427,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D3B822

secondary

#7D8AD4

accent

#55EF39

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#171308

muted

#85827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D3B822

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

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