#D9B646#D9B646

#D9B646 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.134 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B646
RGB	rgb(217, 182, 70)
HSL	hsl(46, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 67.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.23, 0.59, 59.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.23, 59.49, 89.43°)
OKLab	oklab(78.68% -0.0034 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(78.68% 0.134 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.4511, 48.6525, 12.7374)
Luminance	0.4865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B646 #4669D9

analogous

#D96D46 #D9B646 #B3D946

triadic

#D9B646 #46D9B6 #B646D9

tetradic

#D9B646 #46D96D #4669D9 #D946B3

square

#D9B646 #46D96D #4669D9 #D946B3

split-complementary

#D9B646 #46B3D9 #6D46D9

monochromatic

#896F1C #BB9826 #D9B646 #E3CA79 #EEDEAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#D9B646 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#D9B646 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B646

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B646	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B646	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B338

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAA89F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b646;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 182, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.134 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9cb7f',
    500: '#d9b646',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b646;
$custom-light: #e9cb7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b646",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.714,
    "s": 65.919,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78681,
    "c": 0.13397,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B646

secondary

#9FAEDC

accent

#67E93F

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B646

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

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