#D9B649#D9B649

#D9B649 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.132 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B649
RGB	rgb(217, 182, 73)
HSL	hsl(45, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(45, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 66.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.26, 0.76, 58.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.26, 58.24, 89.25°)
OKLab	oklab(78.71% -0.0026 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(78.71% 0.132 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.5482, 48.6913, 13.2486)
Luminance	0.4869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B649 #496CD9

analogous

#D96E49 #D9B649 #B4D949

triadic

#D9B649 #49D9B6 #B649D9

tetradic

#D9B649 #49D96E #496CD9 #D949B4

square

#D9B649 #49D96E #496CD9 #D949B4

split-complementary

#D9B649 #49B4D9 #6E49D9

monochromatic

#8B701D #BD9928 #D9B649 #E4CA7C #EEDFAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#D9B649 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#D9B649 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B649

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B649	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B649	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)

#C9B43C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAA89F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b649;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 182, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.132 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8cb81',
    500: '#d9b649',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b649;
$custom-light: #e8cb81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b649",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.417,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78708,
    "c": 0.1318,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B649

secondary

#A2B0DC

accent

#68E83F

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B649

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

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