#D7B23E#D7B23E
#D7B23E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.137 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #D7B23E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(215, 178, 62) |
| HSL | hsl(45, 66%, 54%) |
| HSV | hsv(45, 71%, 84%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 71.2%, 15.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(73.96, 1.42, 61.40) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(73.96, 61.41, 88.68°) |
| OKLab | oklab(77.61% -0.0018 0.1366) |
| OKLCH | oklch(77.61% 0.137 90.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(44.8167, 46.6384, 11.1981) |
| Luminance | 0.4664 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 1.95
Burnt Yellow
#D5AB09
ΔE00 3.49
Gold (survey)
#DBB40C
ΔE00 3.56
Dark Yellow
#D5B60A
ΔE00 4.37
Mustard (survey)
#CEB301
ΔE00 4.92
Goldenrod
#DAA520
ΔE00 5.16
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#D7B23E #3E63D7
analogous
#D7663E #D7B23E #B0D73E
triadic
#D7B23E #3ED7B2 #B23ED7
tetradic
#D7B23E #3ED766 #3E63D7 #D73EB0
square
#D7B23E #3ED766 #3E63D7 #D73EB0
split-complementary
#D7B23E #3EB0D7 #663ED7
monochromatic
#80681B #B39025 #D7B23E #E2C671 #ECDAA3
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.03
#D7B23E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.33
#D7B23E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #D7B23E
10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##D7B23E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##D7B23E | 1.00 | 2.03 | 10.33 | 10.33 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.03 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.33 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.33 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#C6B02D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CFBA44
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#E8A39B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B6B6B6
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #d7b23e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(215, 178, 62); /* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.137 90.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#e7c87a',
500: '#d7b23e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #d7b23e; $custom-light: #e7c87a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#d7b23e",
"rgb": {
"r": 215,
"g": 178,
"b": 62
},
"hsl": {
"h": 45.49,
"s": 65.665,
"l": 54.314
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.7761,
"c": 0.13665,
"h": 90.8
},
"luminance": 0.46636
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#D7B23E
secondary
#98A8D9
accent
#68E93F
background
#FEFCF7
surface
#FDF8EE
border
#D5D1C9
text
#17130A
muted
#85827C