#D9B53E#D9B53E

#D9B53E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.139 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B53E
RGB	rgb(217, 181, 62)
HSL	hsl(46, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 71.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.92, 0.70, 62.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.92, 62.42, 89.36°)
OKLab	oklab(78.41% -0.004 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(78.41% 0.139 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.0112, 48.1500, 11.4269)
Luminance	0.4815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B53E #3E62D9

analogous

#D9683E #D9B53E #AFD93E

triadic

#D9B53E #3ED9B5 #B53ED9

tetradic

#D9B53E #3ED968 #3E62D9 #D93EAF

square

#D9B53E #3ED968 #3E62D9 #D93EAF

split-complementary

#D9B53E #3EAFD9 #683ED9

monochromatic

#836A1A #B69424 #D9B53E #E3C971 #EDDCA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#D9B53E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#D9B53E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B53E

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B53E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B53E	1.00	1.98	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B22D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBA69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b53e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 181, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.139 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ca7a',
    500: '#d9b53e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b53e;
$custom-light: #e9ca7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b53e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.065,
    "s": 67.1,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78413,
    "c": 0.1388,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B53E

secondary

#99A8DA

accent

#66EA3E

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B53E

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

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