#D9B642#D9B642

#D9B642 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.137 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B642
RGB	rgb(217, 182, 66)
HSL	hsl(46, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(46, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 69.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.20, 0.38, 61.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.20, 61.11, 89.65°)
OKLab	oklab(78.65% -0.0045 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(78.65% 0.137 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.3290, 48.6036, 12.0944)
Luminance	0.4860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B642 #4265D9

analogous

#D96A42 #D9B642 #B0D942

triadic

#D9B642 #42D9B6 #B642D9

tetradic

#D9B642 #42D96A #4265D9 #D942B0

square

#D9B642 #42D96A #4265D9 #D942B0

split-complementary

#D9B642 #42B0D9 #6A42D9

monochromatic

#866D1B #B99625 #D9B642 #E3CA75 #EDDDA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#D9B642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#D9B642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B642

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B642	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B332

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAA89E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 182, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.137 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9cb7d',
    500: '#d9b642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b642;
$custom-light: #e9cb7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.093,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78647,
    "c": 0.13675,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B642

secondary

#9CABDB

accent

#66E93E

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B642

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

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