#D9B536#D9B536

#D9B536 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.144 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B536
RGB	rgb(217, 181, 54)
HSL	hsl(47, 68%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 75.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.87, 0.34, 65.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.87, 65.38, 89.70°)
OKLab	oklab(78.36% -0.0059 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(78.36% 0.144 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.8076, 48.0686, 10.3547)
Luminance	0.4807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B536 #365AD9

analogous

#D96336 #D9B536 #ACD936

triadic

#D9B536 #36D9B5 #B536D9

tetradic

#D9B536 #36D963 #365AD9 #D936AC

square

#D9B536 #36D963 #365AD9 #D936AC

split-complementary

#D9B536 #36ACD9 #6336D9

monochromatic

#7D6718 #B09121 #D9B536 #E3C869 #ECDB9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#D9B536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#D9B536 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B536

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B536	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B21F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBA69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 181, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.144 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ca76',
    500: '#d9b536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b536;
$custom-light: #e9ca76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.748,
    "s": 68.201,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78356,
    "c": 0.14361,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B536

secondary

#92A2D9

accent

#63EB3D

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#171309

muted

#85827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B536

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

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