#D9B33A#D9B33A

#D9B33A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.140 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B33A
RGB	rgb(217, 179, 58)
HSL	hsl(46, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 73%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 73.3%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.38, 1.57, 63.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.38, 63.45, 88.59°)
OKLab	oklab(77.98% -0.002 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(77.98% 0.14 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.5017, 47.3002, 10.7354)
Luminance	0.4730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B33A #3A60D9

analogous

#D9643A #D9B33A #B0D93A

triadic

#D9B33A #3AD9B3 #B33AD9

tetradic

#D9B33A #3AD964 #3A60D9 #D93AB0

square

#D9B33A #3AD964 #3A60D9 #D93AB0

split-complementary

#D9B33A #3AB0D9 #643AD9

monochromatic

#806719 #B39123 #D9B33A #E3C76D #EDDBA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#D9B33A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#D9B33A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B33A

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B33A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B33A	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)

#C7B127

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBA49B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b33a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 179, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.140 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c978',
    500: '#d9b33a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b33a;
$custom-light: #e9c978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b33a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.66,
    "s": 67.66,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7798,
    "c": 0.14014,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B33A

secondary

#95A6D9

accent

#67EB3D

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#171309

muted

#85827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B33A

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

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