#D9B43A#D9B43A

#D9B43A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.141 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B43A
RGB	rgb(217, 180, 58)
HSL	hsl(46, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 73%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 73.3%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.64, 1.04, 63.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.64, 63.69, 89.06°)
OKLab	oklab(78.18% -0.0035 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(78.18% 0.141 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.7028, 47.7025, 10.8024)
Luminance	0.4770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B43A #3A5FD9

analogous

#D9653A #D9B43A #AFD93A

triadic

#D9B43A #3AD9B4 #B43AD9

tetradic

#D9B43A #3AD965 #3A5FD9 #D93AAF

square

#D9B43A #3AD965 #3A5FD9 #D93AAF

split-complementary

#D9B43A #3AAFD9 #653AD9

monochromatic

#806819 #B39223 #D9B43A #E3C86D #EDDBA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#D9B43A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#D9B43A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B43A

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B43A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B43A	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)

#C8B227

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBA59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b43a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 180, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.141 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ca78',
    500: '#d9b43a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b43a;
$custom-light: #e9ca78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b43a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.038,
    "s": 67.66,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78182,
    "c": 0.1407,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B43A

secondary

#95A5D9

accent

#66EB3D

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#171309

muted

#85827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B43A

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

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