#D9B341#D9B341

#D9B341 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.136 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B341
RGB	rgb(217, 179, 65)
HSL	hsl(45, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 70%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.43, 1.90, 60.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.43, 60.76, 88.21°)
OKLab	oklab(78.03% -0.0002 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(78.03% 0.136 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.6920, 47.3763, 11.7379)
Luminance	0.4737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B341 #4167D9

analogous

#D96741 #D9B341 #B3D941

triadic

#D9B341 #41D9B3 #B341D9

tetradic

#D9B341 #41D967 #4167D9 #D941B3

square

#D9B341 #41D967 #4167D9 #D941B3

split-complementary

#D9B341 #41B3D9 #6741D9

monochromatic

#856A1B #B89325 #D9B341 #E3C774 #EDDCA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#D9B341 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#D9B341 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B341

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B341	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B341	1.00	2.00	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.00	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)

#C7B131

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBA49C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b341;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 179, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.136 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c97c',
    500: '#d9b341',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b341;
$custom-light: #e9c97c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b341",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78034,
    "c": 0.1357,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B341

secondary

#9BABDB

accent

#69EA3E

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B341

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

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