#D9B545#D9B545

#D9B545 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.134 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B545
RGB	rgb(217, 181, 69)
HSL	hsl(45, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 68.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.97, 1.06, 59.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.97, 59.64, 88.98°)
OKLab	oklab(78.47% -0.0022 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(78.47% 0.134 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.2158, 48.2318, 12.5045)
Luminance	0.4823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B545 #4569D9

analogous

#D96B45 #D9B545 #B3D945

triadic

#D9B545 #45D9B5 #B545D9

tetradic

#D9B545 #45D96B #4569D9 #D945B3

square

#D9B545 #45D96B #4569D9 #D945B3

split-complementary

#D9B545 #45B3D9 #6B45D9

monochromatic

#886E1C #BB9726 #D9B545 #E3C978 #EEDDAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#D9B545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#D9B545 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B545

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B545	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B337

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAA79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 181, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.134 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ca7e',
    500: '#d9b545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b545;
$custom-light: #e9ca7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.405,
    "s": 66.071,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7847,
    "c": 0.13409,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B545

secondary

#9EADDB

accent

#68E93F

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B545

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

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