#D9B441#D9B441

#D9B441 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.136 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B441
RGB	rgb(217, 180, 65)
HSL	hsl(45, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 70%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.69, 1.38, 60.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.69, 61.00, 88.71°)
OKLab	oklab(78.24% -0.0017 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(78.24% 0.136 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.8932, 47.7786, 11.8049)
Luminance	0.4778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B441 #4166D9

analogous

#D96841 #D9B441 #B2D941

triadic

#D9B441 #41D9B4 #B441D9

tetradic

#D9B441 #41D968 #4166D9 #D941B2

square

#D9B441 #41D968 #4166D9 #D941B2

split-complementary

#D9B441 #41B2D9 #6841D9

monochromatic

#856B1B #B89425 #D9B441 #E3C874 #EDDCA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#D9B441 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#D9B441 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B441

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B441	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B441	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B231

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAA59D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b441;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 180, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.136 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ca7c',
    500: '#d9b441',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b441;
$custom-light: #e9ca7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b441",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.395,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78235,
    "c": 0.13625,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B441

secondary

#9BABDB

accent

#68EA3E

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B441

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

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