#D9B74E#D9B74E

#D9B74E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.129 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B74E
RGB	rgb(217, 183, 78)
HSL	hsl(45, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(45, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 64.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.56, 0.54, 56.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.56, 56.38, 89.46°)
OKLab	oklab(78.96% -0.0026 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(78.96% 0.129 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.9262, 49.1713, 14.2256)
Luminance	0.4917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B74E #4E70D9

analogous

#D9724E #D9B74E #B5D94E

triadic

#D9B74E #4ED9B7 #B74ED9

tetradic

#D9B74E #4ED972 #4E70D9 #D94EB5

square

#D9B74E #4ED972 #4E70D9 #D94EB5

split-complementary

#D9B74E #4EB5D9 #724ED9

monochromatic

#8E731F #C09C29 #D9B74E #E4CB80 #EFE0B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#D9B74E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#D9B74E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B74E

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B74E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B74E	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)

#CAB542

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAA9A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b74e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 183, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.129 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8cc84',
    500: '#d9b74e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b74e;
$custom-light: #e8cc84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b74e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.324,
    "s": 64.651,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78957,
    "c": 0.12862,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B74E

secondary

#A6B3DD

accent

#69E840

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B74E

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

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