#D3B840#D3B840
#D3B840 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.139 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #D3B840 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(211, 184, 64) |
| HSL | hsl(49, 63%, 54%) |
| HSV | hsv(49, 70%, 83%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 69.7%, 17.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(75.14, -3.35, 61.67) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(75.14, 61.76, 93.11°) |
| OKLab | oklab(78.46% -0.015 0.1377) |
| OKLCH | oklch(78.46% 0.139 96.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(44.9321, 48.5024, 11.8447) |
| Luminance | 0.4850 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Dark Yellow
#D5B60A
ΔE00 3.45
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 3.49
Mustard (survey)
#CEB301
ΔE00 3.64
Brownish Yellow
#C9B003
ΔE00 3.93
Mustard Yellow
#D2BD0A
ΔE00 4.27
Gold (survey)
#DBB40C
ΔE00 4.29
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#D3B840 #405BD3
analogous
#D36F40 #D3B840 #A4D340
triadic
#D3B840 #40D3B8 #B840D3
tetradic
#D3B840 #40D36F #405BD3 #D340A4
square
#D3B840 #40D36F #405BD3 #D340A4
split-complementary
#D3B840 #40A4D3 #6F40D3
monochromatic
#7C6A1D #AE9528 #D3B840 #DECA72 #EADDA3
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.96
#D3B840 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.70
#D3B840 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #D3B840
10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##D3B840 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##D3B840 | 1.00 | 1.96 | 10.70 | 10.70 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.96 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.70 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.70 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#CAB42F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D1BD47
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#E3AAA0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B9B9B9
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #d3b840; /* rgb */ color: rgb(211, 184, 64); /* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.139 96.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#e4cc7c',
500: '#d3b840',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #d3b840; $custom-light: #e4cc7c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#d3b840",
"rgb": {
"r": 211,
"g": 184,
"b": 64
},
"hsl": {
"h": 48.98,
"s": 62.553,
"l": 53.922
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.7846,
"c": 0.13854,
"h": 96.2
},
"luminance": 0.485
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#D3B840
secondary
#98A4D7
accent
#60E642
background
#FEFCF7
surface
#FDF8EE
border
#D5D1C9
text
#16130A
muted
#84827C