#D9B338#D9B338

#D9B338 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.141 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B338
RGB	rgb(217, 179, 56)
HSL	hsl(46, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 74.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.37, 1.48, 64.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.37, 64.19, 88.68°)
OKLab	oklab(77.97% -0.0025 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(77.97% 0.141 91)
XYZ	xyz(45.4518, 47.2802, 10.4726)
Luminance	0.4728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B338 #385ED9

analogous

#D96338 #D9B338 #AED938

triadic

#D9B338 #38D9B3 #B338D9

tetradic

#D9B338 #38D963 #385ED9 #D938AE

square

#D9B338 #38D963 #385ED9 #D938AE

split-complementary

#D9B338 #38AED9 #6338D9

monochromatic

#7E6618 #B29022 #D9B338 #E3C76B #EDDA9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#D9B338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#D9B338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B338

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B338	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B123

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBA49B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 179, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.141 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c977',
    500: '#d9b338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b338;
$custom-light: #e9c977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.839,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77966,
    "c": 0.14133,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.47277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B338

secondary

#94A4D9

accent

#66EB3D

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#171309

muted

#85827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B338

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

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