#D9B637#D9B637

#D9B637 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.144 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B637
RGB	rgb(217, 182, 55)
HSL	hsl(47, 68%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 74.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.13, -0.14, 65.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.13, 65.27, 90.12°)
OKLab	oklab(78.57% -0.0072 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(78.57% 0.144 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.0354, 48.4862, 10.5477)
Luminance	0.4848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B637 #375AD9

analogous

#D96537 #D9B637 #ABD937

triadic

#D9B637 #37D9B6 #B637D9

tetradic

#D9B637 #37D965 #375AD9 #D937AB

square

#D9B637 #37D965 #375AD9 #D937AB

split-complementary

#D9B637 #37ABD9 #6537D9

monochromatic

#7E6818 #B19222 #D9B637 #E3C96A #EDDC9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#D9B637 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#D9B637 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B637

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B637	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B637	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB321

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BD3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBA79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b637;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 182, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.144 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9cb77',
    500: '#d9b637',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b637;
$custom-light: #e9cb77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b637",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.037,
    "s": 68.067,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78565,
    "c": 0.14363,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B637

secondary

#93A2D9

accent

#62EB3D

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#171309

muted

#85827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B637

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

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