#D9B33B#D9B33B

#D9B33B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.140 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B33B
RGB	rgb(217, 179, 59)
HSL	hsl(46, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 73%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 72.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.39, 1.61, 63.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.39, 63.08, 88.54°)
OKLab	oklab(77.99% -0.0017 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(77.99% 0.14 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.5274, 47.3105, 10.8707)
Luminance	0.4731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B33B #3B61D9

analogous

#D9643B #D9B33B #B0D93B

triadic

#D9B33B #3BD9B3 #B33BD9

tetradic

#D9B33B #3BD964 #3B61D9 #D93BB0

square

#D9B33B #3BD964 #3B61D9 #D93BB0

split-complementary

#D9B33B #3BB0D9 #643BD9

monochromatic

#816819 #B49123 #D9B33B #E3C76E #EDDBA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#D9B33B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#D9B33B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B33B

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B33B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B33B	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)

#C7B128

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBA49B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b33b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 179, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.140 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c979',
    500: '#d9b33b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b33b;
$custom-light: #e9c979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b33b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.57,
    "s": 67.521,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77987,
    "c": 0.13954,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B33B

secondary

#96A6DA

accent

#67EA3D

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#171309

muted

#85827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B33B

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

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