#D9B741#D9B741

#D9B741 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.138 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B741
RGB	rgb(217, 183, 65)
HSL	hsl(47, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(47, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 70%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.45, -0.20, 61.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.45, 61.76, 90.18°)
OKLab	oklab(78.84% -0.0063 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(78.84% 0.138 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.5053, 49.0030, 12.0090)
Luminance	0.4900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B741 #4163D9

analogous

#D96B41 #D9B741 #AFD941

triadic

#D9B741 #41D9B7 #B741D9

tetradic

#D9B741 #41D96B #4163D9 #D941AF

square

#D9B741 #41D96B #4163D9 #D941AF

split-complementary

#D9B741 #41AFD9 #6B41D9

monochromatic

#856D1B #B89725 #D9B741 #E3CA74 #EDDEA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#D9B741 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#D9B741 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B741

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B741	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B741	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)

#CAB430

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAA99F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b741;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 183, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.138 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9cc7c',
    500: '#d9b741',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b741;
$custom-light: #e9cc7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b741",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.579,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78841,
    "c": 0.13803,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B741

secondary

#9BA9DB

accent

#65EA3E

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B741

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

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