#D9B737#D9B737

#D9B737 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.144 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B737
RGB	rgb(217, 183, 55)
HSL	hsl(47, 68%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 74.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.39, -0.66, 65.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.39, 65.52, 90.58°)
OKLab	oklab(78.77% -0.0087 0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(78.77% 0.144 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.2409, 48.8972, 10.6162)
Luminance	0.4889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B737 #3759D9

analogous

#D96637 #D9B737 #AAD937

triadic

#D9B737 #37D9B7 #B737D9

tetradic

#D9B737 #37D966 #3759D9 #D937AA

square

#D9B737 #37D966 #3759D9 #D937AA

split-complementary

#D9B737 #37AAD9 #6637D9

monochromatic

#7E6818 #B19322 #D9B737 #E3CA6A #EDDC9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#D9B737 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#D9B737 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B737

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B737	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B737	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB420

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBA89E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b737;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 183, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.144 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9cc77',
    500: '#d9b737',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b737;
$custom-light: #e9cc77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b737",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.407,
    "s": 68.067,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78768,
    "c": 0.14423,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B737

secondary

#93A2D9

accent

#61EB3D

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#171309

muted

#85827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B737

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

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