#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
RGBrgb(217, 180, 54)
HSLhsl(46, 68%, 53%)
HSVhsv(46, 75%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 17.1%, 75.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(74.61, 0.87, 65.14)
CIE-LCHlch(74.61, 65.14, 89.24°)
OKLaboklab(78.15% -0.0044 0.143)
OKLCHoklch(78.15% 0.143 91.8)
XYZxyz(45.6050, 47.6634, 10.2872)
Luminance0.4766 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##D9B4361.001.9910.5310.53
#FFFFFF1.991.0021.0021.00
#00000010.5321.001.001.00
##00000010.5321.001.001.00

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.

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →

#D9B436 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva