#D9B53B#D9B53B

#D9B53B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.141 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B53B
RGB	rgb(217, 181, 59)
HSL	hsl(46, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 73%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 72.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.90, 0.56, 63.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.90, 63.56, 89.50°)
OKLab	oklab(78.39% -0.0048 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(78.39% 0.141 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.9311, 48.1180, 11.0053)
Luminance	0.4812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B53B #3B5FD9

analogous

#D9663B #D9B53B #AED93B

triadic

#D9B53B #3BD9B5 #B53BD9

tetradic

#D9B53B #3BD966 #3B5FD9 #D93BAE

square

#D9B53B #3BD966 #3B5FD9 #D93BAE

split-complementary

#D9B53B #3BAED9 #663BD9

monochromatic

#816919 #B49323 #D9B53B #E3C86E #EDDCA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#D9B53B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#D9B53B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B53B

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B53B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B53B	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)

#C9B228

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBA69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b53b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 181, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.141 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ca79',
    500: '#d9b53b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b53b;
$custom-light: #e9ca79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b53b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.329,
    "s": 67.521,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78391,
    "c": 0.14067,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B53B

secondary

#96A6DA

accent

#65EA3D

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#171309

muted

#85827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B53B

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

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