#D9B23A#D9B23A

#D9B23A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.140 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B23A
RGB	rgb(217, 178, 58)
HSL	hsl(45, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(45, 73%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 73.3%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.13, 2.09, 63.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.13, 63.22, 88.10°)
OKLab	oklab(77.78% -0.0005 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(77.78% 0.14 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.3020, 46.9008, 10.6688)
Luminance	0.4690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B23A #3A61D9

analogous

#D9633A #D9B23A #B1D93A

triadic

#D9B23A #3AD9B2 #B23AD9

tetradic

#D9B23A #3AD963 #3A61D9 #D93AB1

square

#D9B23A #3AD963 #3A61D9 #D93AB1

split-complementary

#D9B23A #3AB1D9 #633AD9

monochromatic

#806719 #B39023 #D9B23A #E3C66D #EDDAA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#D9B23A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#D9B23A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B23A

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B23A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B23A	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)

#C6B027

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBA39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b23a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 178, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.140 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c878',
    500: '#d9b23a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b23a;
$custom-light: #e9c878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b23a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.283,
    "s": 67.66,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77779,
    "c": 0.13961,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B23A

secondary

#95A6D9

accent

#68EB3D

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#171309

muted

#85827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B23A

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

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