#D9B63B#D9B63B

#D9B63B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.141 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B63B
RGB	rgb(217, 182, 59)
HSL	hsl(47, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(47, 73%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 72.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.16, 0.04, 63.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.16, 63.81, 89.97°)
OKLab	oklab(78.59% -0.0063 0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(78.59% 0.141 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.1352, 48.5261, 11.0733)
Luminance	0.4852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B63B #3B5ED9

analogous

#D9673B #D9B63B #ADD93B

triadic

#D9B63B #3BD9B6 #B63BD9

tetradic

#D9B63B #3BD967 #3B5ED9 #D93BAD

square

#D9B63B #3BD967 #3B5ED9 #D93BAD

split-complementary

#D9B63B #3BADD9 #673BD9

monochromatic

#816A19 #B49423 #D9B63B #E3C96E #EDDCA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#D9B63B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#D9B63B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B63B

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B63B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B63B	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)

#CAB328

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBA79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b63b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 182, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.141 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9cb79',
    500: '#d9b63b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b63b;
$custom-light: #e9cb79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b63b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.709,
    "s": 67.521,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78593,
    "c": 0.14126,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B63B

secondary

#96A5DA

accent

#64EA3D

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#171309

muted

#85827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B63B

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

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