#D9B738#D9B738

#D9B738 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.144 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B738
RGB	rgb(217, 183, 56)
HSL	hsl(47, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(47, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 74.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.39, -0.62, 65.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.39, 65.16, 90.55°)
OKLab	oklab(78.77% -0.0084 0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(78.77% 0.144 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.2651, 48.9069, 10.7437)
Luminance	0.4890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B738 #385AD9

analogous

#D96638 #D9B738 #AAD938

triadic

#D9B738 #38D9B7 #B738D9

tetradic

#D9B738 #38D966 #385AD9 #D938AA

square

#D9B738 #38D966 #385AD9 #D938AA

split-complementary

#D9B738 #38AAD9 #6638D9

monochromatic

#7E6918 #B29322 #D9B738 #E3CA6B #EDDC9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#D9B738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#D9B738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B738

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B738	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)

#CBB422

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBA89E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 183, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.144 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9cc77',
    500: '#d9b738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b738;
$custom-light: #e9cc77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.329,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78775,
    "c": 0.14365,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B738

secondary

#94A2D9

accent

#62EB3D

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#171309

muted

#85827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B738

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →