#D9B33D#D9B33D

#D9B33D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.138 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B33D
RGB	rgb(217, 179, 61)
HSL	hsl(45, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 72%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 71.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.40, 1.70, 62.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.40, 62.32, 88.43°)
OKLab	oklab(78% -0.0013 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(78% 0.138 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.5802, 47.3316, 11.1491)
Luminance	0.4733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B33D #3D63D9

analogous

#D9653D #D9B33D #B1D93D

triadic

#D9B33D #3DD9B3 #B33DD9

tetradic

#D9B33D #3DD965 #3D63D9 #D93DB1

square

#D9B33D #3DD965 #3D63D9 #D93DB1

split-complementary

#D9B33D #3DB1D9 #653DD9

monochromatic

#826919 #B59224 #D9B33D #E3C770 #EDDBA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#D9B33D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#D9B33D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B33D

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B33D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B33D	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B12C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBA49B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b33d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 179, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.138 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c97a',
    500: '#d9b33d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b33d;
$custom-light: #e9c97a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b33d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.385,
    "s": 67.241,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78002,
    "c": 0.1383,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B33D

secondary

#98A8DA

accent

#68EA3E

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B33D

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

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