#D9B33C#D9B33C

#D9B33C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.139 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B33C
RGB	rgb(217, 179, 60)
HSL	hsl(45, 67%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(45, 72%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 72.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.39, 1.66, 62.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.39, 62.70, 88.49°)
OKLab	oklab(78% -0.0015 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(78% 0.139 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.5535, 47.3209, 11.0086)
Luminance	0.4732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B33C #3C62D9

analogous

#D9653C #D9B33C #B0D93C

triadic

#D9B33C #3CD9B3 #B33CD9

tetradic

#D9B33C #3CD965 #3C62D9 #D93CB0

square

#D9B33C #3CD965 #3C62D9 #D93CB0

split-complementary

#D9B33C #3CB0D9 #653CD9

monochromatic

#816819 #B59123 #D9B33C #E3C76F #EDDBA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#D9B33C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#D9B33C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B33C

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B33C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B33C	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)

#C7B12A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBA49B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b33c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 179, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.139 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c979',
    500: '#d9b33c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b33c;
$custom-light: #e9c979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b33c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.478,
    "s": 67.382,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77995,
    "c": 0.13892,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B33C

secondary

#97A7DA

accent

#67EA3E

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B33C

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

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