#D9B33E#D9B33E

#D9B33E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.138 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B33E
RGB	rgb(217, 179, 62)
HSL	hsl(45, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 71.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.41, 1.75, 61.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.41, 61.94, 88.38°)
OKLab	oklab(78.01% -0.001 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(78.01% 0.138 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.6074, 47.3425, 11.2923)
Luminance	0.4734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B33E #3E64D9

analogous

#D9653E #D9B33E #B2D93E

triadic

#D9B33E #3ED9B3 #B33ED9

tetradic

#D9B33E #3ED965 #3E64D9 #D93EB2

square

#D9B33E #3ED965 #3E64D9 #D93EB2

split-complementary

#D9B33E #3EB2D9 #653ED9

monochromatic

#83691A #B69224 #D9B33E #E3C771 #EDDBA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#D9B33E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#D9B33E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B33E

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B33E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B33E	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)

#C7B12D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBA49B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b33e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 179, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.138 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c97a',
    500: '#d9b33e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b33e;
$custom-light: #e9c97a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b33e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.29,
    "s": 67.1,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7801,
    "c": 0.13766,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B33E

secondary

#99A9DA

accent

#68EA3E

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B33E

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

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