#D9B537#D9B537

#D9B537 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.143 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B537
RGB	rgb(217, 181, 55)
HSL	hsl(47, 68%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 74.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.87, 0.38, 65.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.87, 65.03, 89.66°)
OKLab	oklab(78.36% -0.0057 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(78.36% 0.143 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.8313, 48.0781, 10.4797)
Luminance	0.4808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B537 #375BD9

analogous

#D96437 #D9B537 #ACD937

triadic

#D9B537 #37D9B5 #B537D9

tetradic

#D9B537 #37D964 #375BD9 #D937AC

square

#D9B537 #37D964 #375BD9 #D937AC

split-complementary

#D9B537 #37ACD9 #6437D9

monochromatic

#7E6718 #B19122 #D9B537 #E3C86A #EDDB9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#D9B537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#D9B537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B537

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B537	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B221

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBA69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 181, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.143 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ca77',
    500: '#d9b537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b537;
$custom-light: #e9ca77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 68.067,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78363,
    "c": 0.14304,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B537

secondary

#93A3D9

accent

#64EB3D

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#171309

muted

#85827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B537

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

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