#D9B33F#D9B33F
#D9B33F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.137 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #D9B33F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(217, 179, 63) |
| HSL | hsl(45, 67%, 55%) |
| HSV | hsv(45, 71%, 85%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 71%, 14.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(74.42, 1.80, 61.52) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(74.42, 61.55, 88.32°) |
| OKLab | oklab(78.02% -0.0007 0.137) |
| OKLCH | oklch(78.02% 0.137 90.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(45.6351, 47.3536, 11.4382) |
| Luminance | 0.4735 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 1.88
Gold (survey)
#DBB40C
ΔE00 3.54
Burnt Yellow
#D5AB09
ΔE00 3.60
Dark Yellow
#D5B60A
ΔE00 4.48
Goldenrod
#DAA520
ΔE00 5.12
Mustard (survey)
#CEB301
ΔE00 5.14
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#D9B33F #3F65D9
analogous
#D9663F #D9B33F #B2D93F
triadic
#D9B33F #3FD9B3 #B33FD9
tetradic
#D9B33F #3FD966 #3F65D9 #D93FB2
square
#D9B33F #3FD966 #3F65D9 #D93FB2
split-complementary
#D9B33F #3FB2D9 #663FD9
monochromatic
#846A1A #B79324 #D9B33F #E3C772 #EDDBA5
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.01
#D9B33F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.47
#D9B33F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #D9B33F
10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##D9B33F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##D9B33F | 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)
#C7B12F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D0BB45
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#EBA49B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B7B7B7
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #d9b33f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 179, 63); /* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.137 90.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#e9c97b',
500: '#d9b33f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #d9b33f; $custom-light: #e9c97b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#d9b33f",
"rgb": {
"r": 217,
"g": 179,
"b": 63
},
"hsl": {
"h": 45.195,
"s": 66.957,
"l": 54.902
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.78018,
"c": 0.13701,
"h": 90.3
},
"luminance": 0.47351
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#D9B33F
secondary
#9AA9DA
accent
#68EA3E
background
#FEFCF7
surface
#FDF8EE
border
#D5D1C9
text
#17130A
muted
#85827C