#D9B74B#D9B74B

#D9B74B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.131 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B74B
RGB	rgb(217, 183, 75)
HSL	hsl(46, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(46, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 65.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.53, 0.35, 57.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.53, 57.66, 89.65°)
OKLab	oklab(78.93% -0.0035 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(78.93% 0.131 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.8211, 49.1293, 13.6720)
Luminance	0.4913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B74B #4B6DD9

analogous

#D9704B #D9B74B #B4D94B

triadic

#D9B74B #4BD9B7 #B74BD9

tetradic

#D9B74B #4BD970 #4B6DD9 #D94BB4

square

#D9B74B #4BD970 #4B6DD9 #D94BB4

split-complementary

#D9B74B #4BB4D9 #704BD9

monochromatic

#8C721E #BF9B28 #D9B74B #E4CB7E #EEDFB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#D9B74B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#D9B74B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B74B

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B74B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B74B	1.00	1.94	10.83	10.83
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB43E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAA9A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b74b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 183, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.131 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8cc82',
    500: '#d9b74b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b74b;
$custom-light: #e8cc82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b74b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.634,
    "s": 65.138,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78928,
    "c": 0.13092,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B74B

secondary

#A3B1DD

accent

#68E840

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B74B

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

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