#D9B436#D9B436

#D9B436 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.143 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B436
RGB	rgb(217, 180, 54)
HSL	hsl(46, 68%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 75.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.61, 0.87, 65.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.61, 65.14, 89.24°)
OKLab	oklab(78.15% -0.0044 0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(78.15% 0.143 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.6050, 47.6634, 10.2872)
Luminance	0.4766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B436 #365BD9

analogous

#D96236 #D9B436 #ADD936

triadic

#D9B436 #36D9B4 #B436D9

tetradic

#D9B436 #36D962 #365BD9 #D936AD

square

#D9B436 #36D962 #365BD9 #D936AD

split-complementary

#D9B436 #36ADD9 #6236D9

monochromatic

#7D6618 #B09021 #D9B436 #E3C769 #ECDA9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#D9B436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#D9B436 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B436

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B436	1.00	1.99	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B120

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBA59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 180, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.143 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ca76',
    500: '#d9b436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b436;
$custom-light: #e9ca76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.38,
    "s": 68.201,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78154,
    "c": 0.14304,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B436

secondary

#92A2D9

accent

#64EB3D

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#171309

muted

#85827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B436

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

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