#D9B236#D9B236

#D9B236 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.142 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B236
RGB	rgb(217, 178, 54)
HSL	hsl(46, 68%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 75.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.10, 1.92, 64.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.10, 64.68, 88.30°)
OKLab	oklab(77.75% -0.0014 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(77.75% 0.142 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.2041, 46.8617, 10.1536)
Luminance	0.4686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B236 #365DD9

analogous

#D96036 #D9B236 #AFD936

triadic

#D9B236 #36D9B2 #B236D9

tetradic

#D9B236 #36D960 #365DD9 #D936AF

square

#D9B236 #36D960 #365DD9 #D936AF

split-complementary

#D9B236 #36AFD9 #6036D9

monochromatic

#7D6518 #B08E21 #D9B236 #E3C669 #ECD99D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#D9B236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#D9B236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B236

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B236	1.00	2.02	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B020

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBA39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 178, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.142 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c876',
    500: '#d9b236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b236;
$custom-light: #e9c876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.644,
    "s": 68.201,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77751,
    "c": 0.14195,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B236

secondary

#92A3D9

accent

#66EB3D

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#171309

muted

#85827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B236

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

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