#D9B548#D9B548

#D9B548 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.132 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B548
RGB	rgb(217, 181, 72)
HSL	hsl(45, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(45, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 66.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.99, 1.23, 58.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.99, 58.40, 88.80°)
OKLab	oklab(78.5% -0.0013 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(78.5% 0.132 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.3112, 48.2700, 13.0074)
Luminance	0.4827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B548 #486CD9

analogous

#D96C48 #D9B548 #B5D948

triadic

#D9B548 #48D9B5 #B548D9

tetradic

#D9B548 #48D96C #486CD9 #D948B5

square

#D9B548 #48D96C #486CD9 #D948B5

split-complementary

#D9B548 #48B5D9 #6C48D9

monochromatic

#8A6F1D #BD9827 #D9B548 #E4C97B #EEDEAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#D9B548 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#D9B548 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B548

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B548	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B548	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)

#C8B33B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAA79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b548;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 181, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.132 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ca80',
    500: '#d9b548',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b548;
$custom-light: #e8ca80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b548",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.103,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78497,
    "c": 0.13194,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B548

secondary

#A1AFDC

accent

#69E93F

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B548

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

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