#D9B648#D9B648

#D9B648 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.133 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B648
RGB	rgb(217, 182, 72)
HSL	hsl(46, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 66.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.25, 0.70, 58.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.25, 58.66, 89.31°)
OKLab	oklab(78.7% -0.0028 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(78.7% 0.133 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.5153, 48.6782, 13.0754)
Luminance	0.4868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B648 #486BD9

analogous

#D96E48 #D9B648 #B4D948

triadic

#D9B648 #48D9B6 #B648D9

tetradic

#D9B648 #48D96E #486BD9 #D948B4

square

#D9B648 #48D96E #486BD9 #D948B4

split-complementary

#D9B648 #48B4D9 #6E48D9

monochromatic

#8A701D #BD9927 #D9B648 #E4CA7B #EEDEAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#D9B648 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#D9B648 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B648

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B648	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B648	1.00	1.96	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B43A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAA89F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b648;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 182, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.133 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8cb80',
    500: '#d9b648',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b648;
$custom-light: #e8cb80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b648",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.517,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78699,
    "c": 0.13253,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B648

secondary

#A1AFDC

accent

#68E93F

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B648

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

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