#D9B74A#D9B74A

#D9B74A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.132 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B74A
RGB	rgb(217, 183, 74)
HSL	hsl(46, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(46, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 65.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.52, 0.29, 58.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.52, 58.09, 89.71°)
OKLab	oklab(78.92% -0.0038 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(78.92% 0.132 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.7871, 49.1157, 13.4931)
Luminance	0.4911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B74A #4A6CD9

analogous

#D96F4A #D9B74A #B4D94A

triadic

#D9B74A #4AD9B7 #B74AD9

tetradic

#D9B74A #4AD96F #4A6CD9 #D94AB4

square

#D9B74A #4AD96F #4A6CD9 #D94AB4

split-complementary

#D9B74A #4AB4D9 #6F4AD9

monochromatic

#8B711D #BE9A28 #D9B74A #E4CB7D #EEDFAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#D9B74A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#D9B74A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B74A

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B74A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B74A	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB43D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAA9A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b74a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 183, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.132 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8cc81',
    500: '#d9b74a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b74a;
$custom-light: #e8cc81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b74a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.734,
    "s": 65.297,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78919,
    "c": 0.13166,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B74A

secondary

#A2B0DC

accent

#68E840

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B74A

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

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