#D9B238#D9B238

#D9B238 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.141 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B238
RGB	rgb(217, 178, 56)
HSL	hsl(45, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(45, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 74.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.11, 2.00, 63.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.11, 63.96, 88.20°)
OKLab	oklab(77.77% -0.0009 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(77.77% 0.141 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.2521, 46.8809, 10.4061)
Luminance	0.4688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B238 #385FD9

analogous

#D96138 #D9B238 #AFD938

triadic

#D9B238 #38D9B2 #B238D9

tetradic

#D9B238 #38D961 #385FD9 #D938AF

square

#D9B238 #38D961 #385FD9 #D938AF

split-complementary

#D9B238 #38AFD9 #6138D9

monochromatic

#7E6618 #B28F22 #D9B238 #E3C66B #EDDA9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#D9B238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#D9B238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B238

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B238	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B024

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBA39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 178, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.141 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c877',
    500: '#d9b238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b238;
$custom-light: #e9c877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.466,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77765,
    "c": 0.14079,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B238

secondary

#94A5D9

accent

#67EB3D

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#171309

muted

#85827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B238

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

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