#D9B540#D9B540

#D9B540 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.137 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B540
RGB	rgb(217, 181, 64)
HSL	hsl(46, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 70.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.93, 0.80, 61.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.93, 61.65, 89.26°)
OKLab	oklab(78.43% -0.0035 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(78.43% 0.137 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.0670, 48.1723, 11.7213)
Luminance	0.4817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B540 #4064D9

analogous

#D96840 #D9B540 #B1D940

triadic

#D9B540 #40D9B5 #B540D9

tetradic

#D9B540 #40D968 #4064D9 #D940B1

square

#D9B540 #40D968 #4064D9 #D940B1

split-complementary

#D9B540 #40B1D9 #6840D9

monochromatic

#846B1A #B79524 #D9B540 #E3C973 #EDDDA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#D9B540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#D9B540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B540

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B540	1.00	1.97	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.97	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)

#C9B230

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAA69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 181, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.137 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ca7b',
    500: '#d9b540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b540;
$custom-light: #e9ca7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.882,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78429,
    "c": 0.13749,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B540

secondary

#9AA9DA

accent

#66EA3E

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B540

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

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