Burnt Yellow#D5AB09

#D5AB09 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.153 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Burnt Yellow — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#D5AB09
RGB	rgb(213, 171, 9)
HSL	hsl(48, 92%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(48, 96%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.7%, 95.8%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.75, 2.75, 73.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.75, 73.59, 87.86°)
OKLab	oklab(75.76% -0.002 0.1535)
OKLCH	oklch(75.76% 0.153 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.0556, 43.2946, 6.4000)
Luminance	0.4329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5AB09 #0933D5

analogous

#D54509 #D5AB09 #99D509

triadic

#D5AB09 #09D5AB #AB09D5

tetradic

#D5AB09 #09D545 #0933D5 #D50999

square

#D5AB09 #09D545 #0933D5 #D50999

split-complementary

#D5AB09 #0999D5 #4509D5

monochromatic

#604D04 #9A7C07 #D5AB09 #F6CB25 #F8D960

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#D5AB09 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#D5AB09 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5AB09

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5AB09	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5AB09	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0A900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB51D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E89B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5ab09;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 171, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.153 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c365',
    500: '#d5ab09',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5ab09;
$custom-light: #e8c365;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5ab09",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.647,
    "s": 91.892,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75758,
    "c": 0.15348,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5AB09

secondary

#5E78DC

accent

#55FF29

background

#FFFBF6

surface

#FEF7EB

border

#D6D0C6

text

#171207

muted

#85817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5AB09

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

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