#D9B43F#D9B43F

#D9B43F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.138 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B43F
RGB	rgb(217, 180, 63)
HSL	hsl(46, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 71%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.67, 1.27, 61.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.67, 61.79, 88.82°)
OKLab	oklab(78.22% -0.0023 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(78.22% 0.138 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.8362, 47.7559, 11.5052)
Luminance	0.4775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B43F #3F64D9

analogous

#D9673F #D9B43F #B1D93F

triadic

#D9B43F #3FD9B4 #B43FD9

tetradic

#D9B43F #3FD967 #3F64D9 #D93FB1

square

#D9B43F #3FD967 #3F64D9 #D93FB1

split-complementary

#D9B43F #3FB1D9 #673FD9

monochromatic

#846A1A #B79324 #D9B43F #E3C872 #EDDCA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#D9B43F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#D9B43F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B43F

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B43F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B43F	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)

#C8B22E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBA59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b43f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 180, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.138 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ca7b',
    500: '#d9b43f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b43f;
$custom-light: #e9ca7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b43f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.584,
    "s": 66.957,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78219,
    "c": 0.13757,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B43F

secondary

#9AA9DA

accent

#67EA3E

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B43F

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

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