#D9B340#D9B340

#D9B340 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.136 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B340
RGB	rgb(217, 179, 64)
HSL	hsl(45, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 70.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.42, 1.85, 61.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.42, 61.15, 88.27°)
OKLab	oklab(78.03% -0.0005 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(78.03% 0.136 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.6633, 47.3649, 11.5867)
Luminance	0.4736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B340 #4066D9

analogous

#D96640 #D9B340 #B2D940

triadic

#D9B340 #40D9B3 #B340D9

tetradic

#D9B340 #40D966 #4066D9 #D940B2

square

#D9B340 #40D966 #4066D9 #D940B2

split-complementary

#D9B340 #40B2D9 #6640D9

monochromatic

#846A1A #B79324 #D9B340 #E3C773 #EDDCA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#D9B340 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#D9B340 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B340

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B340	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B340	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)

#C7B130

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBA49C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b340;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 179, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.136 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c97b',
    500: '#d9b340',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b340;
$custom-light: #e9c97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b340",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.098,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78026,
    "c": 0.13636,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B340

secondary

#9AAADA

accent

#69EA3E

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B340

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

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