#D9B23D#D9B23D

#D9B23D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.138 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B23D
RGB	rgb(217, 178, 61)
HSL	hsl(45, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 72%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 71.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.15, 2.23, 62.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.15, 62.08, 87.94°)
OKLab	oklab(77.8% 0.0003 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(77.8% 0.138 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.3805, 46.9322, 11.0826)
Luminance	0.4693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B23D #3D64D9

analogous

#D9643D #D9B23D #B2D93D

triadic

#D9B23D #3DD9B2 #B23DD9

tetradic

#D9B23D #3DD964 #3D64D9 #D93DB2

square

#D9B23D #3DD964 #3D64D9 #D93DB2

split-complementary

#D9B23D #3DB2D9 #643DD9

monochromatic

#826819 #B59124 #D9B23D #E3C670 #EDDBA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#D9B23D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#D9B23D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B23D

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B23D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B23D	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B02C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBA39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b23d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 178, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.138 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c87a',
    500: '#d9b23d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b23d;
$custom-light: #e9c87a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b23d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 67.241,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77801,
    "c": 0.13775,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B23D

secondary

#98A8DA

accent

#69EA3E

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B23D

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

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