#D9B438#D9B438

#D9B438 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.142 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B438
RGB	rgb(217, 180, 56)
HSL	hsl(46, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 74.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.62, 0.95, 64.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.62, 64.43, 89.15°)
OKLab	oklab(78.17% -0.004 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(78.17% 0.142 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.6529, 47.6825, 10.5397)
Luminance	0.4768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B438 #385DD9

analogous

#D96338 #D9B438 #ADD938

triadic

#D9B438 #38D9B4 #B438D9

tetradic

#D9B438 #38D963 #385DD9 #D938AD

square

#D9B438 #38D963 #385DD9 #D938AD

split-complementary

#D9B438 #38ADD9 #6338D9

monochromatic

#7E6718 #B29122 #D9B438 #E3C76B #EDDB9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#D9B438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#D9B438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B438

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B438	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B123

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBA59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 180, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.142 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ca77',
    500: '#d9b438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b438;
$custom-light: #e9ca77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.211,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78168,
    "c": 0.1419,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B438

secondary

#94A4D9

accent

#65EB3D

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#171309

muted

#85827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B438

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

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