#D9B440#D9B440

#D9B440 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.137 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B440
RGB	rgb(217, 180, 64)
HSL	hsl(45, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 70.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.68, 1.32, 61.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.68, 61.40, 88.76°)
OKLab	oklab(78.23% -0.002 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(78.23% 0.137 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.8644, 47.7671, 11.6537)
Luminance	0.4776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B440 #4065D9

analogous

#D96740 #D9B440 #B2D940

triadic

#D9B440 #40D9B4 #B440D9

tetradic

#D9B440 #40D967 #4065D9 #D940B2

square

#D9B440 #40D967 #4065D9 #D940B2

split-complementary

#D9B440 #40B2D9 #6740D9

monochromatic

#846B1A #B79424 #D9B440 #E3C873 #EDDCA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#D9B440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#D9B440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B440

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B440	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)

#C8B230

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBA59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 180, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.137 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ca7b',
    500: '#d9b440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b440;
$custom-light: #e9ca7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.49,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78227,
    "c": 0.13691,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B440

secondary

#9AAADA

accent

#68EA3E

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B440

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

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