#D9B744#D9B744

#D9B744 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.136 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B744
RGB	rgb(217, 183, 68)
HSL	hsl(46, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(46, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 68.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.48, -0.04, 60.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.48, 60.57, 90.04°)
OKLab	oklab(78.87% -0.0055 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(78.87% 0.136 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.5946, 49.0387, 12.4789)
Luminance	0.4904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B744 #4466D9

analogous

#D96C44 #D9B744 #B0D944

triadic

#D9B744 #44D9B7 #B744D9

tetradic

#D9B744 #44D96C #4466D9 #D944B0

square

#D9B744 #44D96C #4466D9 #D944B0

split-complementary

#D9B744 #44B0D9 #6C44D9

monochromatic

#876F1B #BA9826 #D9B744 #E3CB77 #EEDEAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#D9B744 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#D9B744 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B744

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B744	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B744	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB435

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAA99F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b744;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 183, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.136 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9cc7e',
    500: '#d9b744',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b744;
$custom-light: #e9cc7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b744",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.309,
    "s": 66.222,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78866,
    "c": 0.13599,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B744

secondary

#9EACDB

accent

#66E93F

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B744

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

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