#D9B43E#D9B43E
#D9B43E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.138 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #D9B43E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(217, 180, 62) |
| HSL | hsl(46, 67%, 55%) |
| HSV | hsv(46, 71%, 85%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 71.4%, 14.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(74.66, 1.23, 62.16) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(74.66, 62.18, 88.87°) |
| OKLab | oklab(78.21% -0.0025 0.1382) |
| OKLCH | oklch(78.21% 0.138 91) |
| XYZ | xyz(45.8086, 47.7448, 11.3594) |
| Luminance | 0.4774 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 1.66
Gold (survey)
#DBB40C
ΔE00 3.30
Burnt Yellow
#D5AB09
ΔE00 3.63
Dark Yellow
#D5B60A
ΔE00 4.11
Mustard (survey)
#CEB301
ΔE00 4.79
Brownish Yellow
#C9B003
ΔE00 5.17
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#D9B43E #3E63D9
analogous
#D9663E #D9B43E #B1D93E
triadic
#D9B43E #3ED9B4 #B43ED9
tetradic
#D9B43E #3ED966 #3E63D9 #D93EB1
square
#D9B43E #3ED966 #3E63D9 #D93EB1
split-complementary
#D9B43E #3EB1D9 #663ED9
monochromatic
#836A1A #B69324 #D9B43E #E3C871 #EDDCA4
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.99
#D9B43E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.55
#D9B43E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #D9B43E
10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##D9B43E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##D9B43E | 1.00 | 1.99 | 10.55 | 10.55 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.99 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.55 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.55 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#C8B22D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D1BC44
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#EBA59C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B8B8B8
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #d9b43e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 180, 62); /* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.138 91.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#e9ca7a',
500: '#d9b43e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #d9b43e; $custom-light: #e9ca7a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#d9b43e",
"rgb": {
"r": 217,
"g": 180,
"b": 62
},
"hsl": {
"h": 45.677,
"s": 67.1,
"l": 54.706
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.78211,
"c": 0.13822,
"h": 91
},
"luminance": 0.47742
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#D9B43E
secondary
#99A8DA
accent
#67EA3E
background
#FEFCF7
surface
#FDF8EE
border
#D5D1C9
text
#17130A
muted
#85827C