#D9B643#D9B643

#D9B643 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.136 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B643
RGB	rgb(217, 182, 67)
HSL	hsl(46, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(46, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 69.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.21, 0.43, 60.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.21, 60.71, 89.60°)
OKLab	oklab(78.66% -0.0042 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(78.66% 0.136 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.3588, 48.6155, 12.2510)
Luminance	0.4861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B643 #4366D9

analogous

#D96B43 #D9B643 #B1D943

triadic

#D9B643 #43D9B6 #B643D9

tetradic

#D9B643 #43D96B #4366D9 #D943B1

square

#D9B643 #43D96B #4366D9 #D943B1

split-complementary

#D9B643 #43B1D9 #6B43D9

monochromatic

#866D1B #B99725 #D9B643 #E3CA76 #EEDEA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#D9B643 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#D9B643 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B643

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B643	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B643	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)

#C9B334

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAA89E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b643;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 182, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.136 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9cb7d',
    500: '#d9b643',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b643;
$custom-light: #e9cb7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b643",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46,
    "s": 66.372,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78655,
    "c": 0.13608,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B643

secondary

#9DABDB

accent

#66E93F

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B643

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

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