#D9B73B#D9B73B

#D9B73B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.142 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B73B
RGB	rgb(217, 183, 59)
HSL	hsl(47, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(47, 73%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 72.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.41, -0.49, 64.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.41, 64.06, 90.44°)
OKLab	oklab(78.8% -0.0078 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(78.8% 0.142 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.3407, 48.9371, 11.1418)
Luminance	0.4893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B73B #3B5DD9

analogous

#D9683B #D9B73B #ACD93B

triadic

#D9B73B #3BD9B7 #B73BD9

tetradic

#D9B73B #3BD968 #3B5DD9 #D93BAC

square

#D9B73B #3BD968 #3B5DD9 #D93BAC

split-complementary

#D9B73B #3BACD9 #683BD9

monochromatic

#816A19 #B49523 #D9B73B #E3CA6E #EDDDA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#D9B73B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#D9B73B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B73B

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B73B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B73B	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB427

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBA89E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b73b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 183, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.142 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9cc79',
    500: '#d9b73b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b73b;
$custom-light: #e9cc79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b73b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.089,
    "s": 67.521,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78796,
    "c": 0.14186,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B73B

secondary

#96A5DA

accent

#63EA3D

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B73B

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

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