#D9B42E#D9B42E

#D9B42E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.147 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B42E
RGB	rgb(217, 180, 46)
HSL	hsl(47, 69%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(47, 79%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 78.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.57, 0.56, 67.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.57, 67.83, 89.53°)
OKLab	oklab(78.11% -0.0061 0.1471)
OKLCH	oklch(78.11% 0.147 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.4323, 47.5943, 9.3779)
Luminance	0.4759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B42E #2E53D9

analogous

#D95F2E #D9B42E #A8D92E

triadic

#D9B42E #2ED9B4 #B42ED9

tetradic

#D9B42E #2ED95F #2E53D9 #D92EA8

square

#D9B42E #2ED95F #2E53D9 #D92EA8

split-complementary

#D9B42E #2EA8D9 #5F2ED9

monochromatic

#776216 #AB8D1F #D9B42E #E2C762 #ECD996

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#D9B42E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#D9B42E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B42E

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B42E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B42E	1.00	2.00	10.52	10.52
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B10D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BC37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBA59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b42e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 180, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.147 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ca72',
    500: '#d9b42e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b42e;
$custom-light: #e9ca72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b42e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.018,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78106,
    "c": 0.14724,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B42E

secondary

#8C9CD7

accent

#62EC3C

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8ED

border

#D6D1C8

text

#171309

muted

#85827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B42E

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

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