#D9B740#D9B740

#D9B740 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.139 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B740
RGB	rgb(217, 183, 64)
HSL	hsl(47, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(47, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 70.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.45, -0.25, 62.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.45, 62.16, 90.23°)
OKLab	oklab(78.83% -0.0065 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(78.83% 0.139 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.4766, 48.9915, 11.8578)
Luminance	0.4899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B740 #4062D9

analogous

#D96B40 #D9B740 #AED940

triadic

#D9B740 #40D9B7 #B740D9

tetradic

#D9B740 #40D96B #4062D9 #D940AE

square

#D9B740 #40D96B #4062D9 #D940AE

split-complementary

#D9B740 #40AED9 #6B40D9

monochromatic

#846D1A #B79724 #D9B740 #E3CA73 #EDDDA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#D9B740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#D9B740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B740

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B740	1.00	1.94	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB42F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAA89F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 183, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.139 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9cc7c',
    500: '#d9b740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b740;
$custom-light: #e9cc7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78833,
    "c": 0.13869,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B740

secondary

#9AA9DA

accent

#64EA3E

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B740

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

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