#D9B336#D9B336

#D9B336 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.142 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B336
RGB	rgb(217, 179, 54)
HSL	hsl(46, 68%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 75.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.36, 1.39, 64.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.36, 64.91, 88.77°)
OKLab	oklab(77.95% -0.0029 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(77.95% 0.142 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.4038, 47.2611, 10.2202)
Luminance	0.4726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B336 #365CD9

analogous

#D96136 #D9B336 #AED936

triadic

#D9B336 #36D9B3 #B336D9

tetradic

#D9B336 #36D961 #365CD9 #D936AE

square

#D9B336 #36D961 #365CD9 #D936AE

split-complementary

#D9B336 #36AED9 #6136D9

monochromatic

#7D6518 #B08F21 #D9B336 #E3C669 #ECDA9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#D9B336 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#D9B336 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B336

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B336	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B336	1.00	2.01	10.45	10.45
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B120

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BB3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBA49B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b336;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 179, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.142 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c976',
    500: '#d9b336',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b336;
$custom-light: #e9c976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b336",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.012,
    "s": 68.201,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77953,
    "c": 0.14248,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B336

secondary

#92A3D9

accent

#65EB3D

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#171309

muted

#85827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B336

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

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