#D9B443#D9B443

#D9B443 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.135 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B443
RGB	rgb(217, 180, 67)
HSL	hsl(45, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(45, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 69.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.70, 1.48, 60.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.70, 60.20, 88.59°)
OKLab	oklab(78.25% -0.0012 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(78.25% 0.135 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.9521, 47.8022, 12.1155)
Luminance	0.4780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B443 #4368D9

analogous

#D96943 #D9B443 #B3D943

triadic

#D9B443 #43D9B4 #B443D9

tetradic

#D9B443 #43D969 #4368D9 #D943B3

square

#D9B443 #43D969 #4368D9 #D943B3

split-complementary

#D9B443 #43B3D9 #6943D9

monochromatic

#866C1B #B99525 #D9B443 #E3C876 #EEDDA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#D9B443 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#D9B443 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B443

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B443	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B443	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)

#C8B234

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAA59D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b443;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 180, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.135 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ca7d',
    500: '#d9b443',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b443;
$custom-light: #e9ca7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b443",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.2,
    "s": 66.372,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78252,
    "c": 0.13491,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B443

secondary

#9DACDB

accent

#69E93F

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B443

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

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