#D9B136#D9B136

#D9B136 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.141 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B136
RGB	rgb(217, 177, 54)
HSL	hsl(45, 68%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(45, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 75.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.85, 2.45, 64.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.85, 64.46, 87.83°)
OKLab	oklab(77.55% 0.0001 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(77.55% 0.141 90)
XYZ	xyz(45.0059, 46.4652, 10.0875)
Luminance	0.4646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B136 #365ED9

analogous

#D95F36 #D9B136 #AFD936

triadic

#D9B136 #36D9B1 #B136D9

tetradic

#D9B136 #36D95F #365ED9 #D936AF

square

#D9B136 #36D95F #365ED9 #D936AF

split-complementary

#D9B136 #36AFD9 #5F36D9

monochromatic

#7D6418 #B08D21 #D9B136 #E3C569 #ECD99D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#D9B136 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#D9B136 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B136

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B136	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B136	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBA299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b136;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 177, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.141 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c776',
    500: '#d9b136',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b136;
$custom-light: #e9c776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b136",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.276,
    "s": 68.201,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7755,
    "c": 0.14142,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.46462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B136

secondary

#92A4D9

accent

#68EB3D

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#171309

muted

#85827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B136

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

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