#D9B43C#D9B43C

#D9B43C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.139 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B43C
RGB	rgb(217, 180, 60)
HSL	hsl(46, 67%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 72%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 72.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.65, 1.13, 62.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.65, 62.94, 88.97°)
OKLab	oklab(78.2% -0.003 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(78.2% 0.139 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.7547, 47.7232, 11.0756)
Luminance	0.4772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B43C #3C61D9

analogous

#D9663C #D9B43C #B0D93C

triadic

#D9B43C #3CD9B4 #B43CD9

tetradic

#D9B43C #3CD966 #3C61D9 #D93CB0

square

#D9B43C #3CD966 #3C61D9 #D93CB0

split-complementary

#D9B43C #3CB0D9 #663CD9

monochromatic

#816919 #B59223 #D9B43C #E3C86F #EDDBA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#D9B43C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#D9B43C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B43C

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B43C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B43C	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)

#C8B22A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBA59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b43c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 180, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.139 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ca79',
    500: '#d9b43c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b43c;
$custom-light: #e9ca79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b43c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.86,
    "s": 67.382,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78196,
    "c": 0.13948,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B43C

secondary

#97A7DA

accent

#66EA3E

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B43C

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

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