#D9B73E#D9B73E

#D9B73E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.140 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B73E
RGB	rgb(217, 183, 62)
HSL	hsl(47, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(47, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 71.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.43, -0.35, 62.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.43, 62.93, 90.32°)
OKLab	oklab(78.82% -0.007 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(78.82% 0.14 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.4207, 48.9692, 11.5634)
Luminance	0.4897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B73E #3E60D9

analogous

#D96A3E #D9B73E #ADD93E

triadic

#D9B73E #3ED9B7 #B73ED9

tetradic

#D9B73E #3ED96A #3E60D9 #D93EAD

square

#D9B73E #3ED96A #3E60D9 #D93EAD

split-complementary

#D9B73E #3EADD9 #6A3ED9

monochromatic

#836C1A #B69624 #D9B73E #E3CA71 #EDDDA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#D9B73E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#D9B73E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B73E

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B73E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B73E	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)

#CBB42C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAA89F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b73e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 183, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.140 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9cc7b',
    500: '#d9b73e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b73e;
$custom-light: #e9cc7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b73e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.839,
    "s": 67.1,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78818,
    "c": 0.14,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B73E

secondary

#99A7DA

accent

#64EA3E

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B73E

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

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