#D9B538#D9B538

#D9B538 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.142 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B538
RGB	rgb(217, 181, 56)
HSL	hsl(47, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(47, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 74.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.88, 0.43, 64.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.88, 64.67, 89.62°)
OKLab	oklab(78.37% -0.0055 0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(78.37% 0.142 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.8555, 48.0877, 10.6072)
Luminance	0.4808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B538 #385CD9

analogous

#D96438 #D9B538 #ACD938

triadic

#D9B538 #38D9B5 #B538D9

tetradic

#D9B538 #38D964 #385CD9 #D938AC

square

#D9B538 #38D964 #385CD9 #D938AC

split-complementary

#D9B538 #38ACD9 #6438D9

monochromatic

#7E6818 #B29222 #D9B538 #E3C86B #EDDB9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#D9B538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#D9B538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B538

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B538	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)

#C9B223

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBA69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 181, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.142 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ca77',
    500: '#d9b538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b538;
$custom-light: #e9ca77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.584,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7837,
    "c": 0.14246,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B538

secondary

#94A3D9

accent

#64EB3D

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#171309

muted

#85827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B538

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

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