#D9B445#D9B445

#D9B445 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.134 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B445
RGB	rgb(217, 180, 69)
HSL	hsl(45, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 68.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.72, 1.59, 59.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.72, 59.39, 88.47°)
OKLab	oklab(78.27% -0.0007 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(78.27% 0.134 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.0132, 47.8266, 12.4370)
Luminance	0.4782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B445 #456AD9

analogous

#D96A45 #D9B445 #B4D945

triadic

#D9B445 #45D9B4 #B445D9

tetradic

#D9B445 #45D96A #456AD9 #D945B4

square

#D9B445 #45D96A #456AD9 #D945B4

split-complementary

#D9B445 #45B4D9 #6A45D9

monochromatic

#886D1C #BB9626 #D9B445 #E3C878 #EEDDAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#D9B445 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#D9B445 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B445

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B445	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B445	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)

#C7B237

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAA69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b445;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 180, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.134 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ca7e',
    500: '#d9b445',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b445;
$custom-light: #e9ca7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b445",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 66.071,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78269,
    "c": 0.13351,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B445

secondary

#9EAEDB

accent

#69E93F

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B445

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

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