#D9B549#D9B549

#D9B549 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.131 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B549
RGB	rgb(217, 181, 73)
HSL	hsl(45, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(45, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 66.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.00, 1.28, 57.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.00, 57.98, 88.73°)
OKLab	oklab(78.51% -0.001 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(78.51% 0.131 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.3441, 48.2832, 13.1806)
Luminance	0.4828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B549 #496DD9

analogous

#D96D49 #D9B549 #B5D949

triadic

#D9B549 #49D9B5 #B549D9

tetradic

#D9B549 #49D96D #496DD9 #D949B5

square

#D9B549 #49D96D #496DD9 #D949B5

split-complementary

#D9B549 #49B5D9 #6D49D9

monochromatic

#8B6F1D #BD9828 #D9B549 #E4CA7C #EEDEAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#D9B549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#D9B549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B549

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B549	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B33C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAA79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 181, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.131 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ca81',
    500: '#d9b549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b549;
$custom-light: #e8ca81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78506,
    "c": 0.1312,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B549

secondary

#A2B0DC

accent

#6AE83F

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B549

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

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