#D9B836#D9B836

#D9B836 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.145 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B836
RGB	rgb(217, 184, 54)
HSL	hsl(48, 68%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(48, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 75.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.64, -1.23, 66.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.64, 66.12, 91.06°)
OKLab	oklab(78.97% -0.0104 0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(78.97% 0.145 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.4242, 49.3017, 10.5603)
Luminance	0.4930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B836 #3657D9

analogous

#D96636 #D9B836 #A8D936

triadic

#D9B836 #36D9B8 #B836D9

tetradic

#D9B836 #36D966 #3657D9 #D936A8

square

#D9B836 #36D966 #3657D9 #D936A8

split-complementary

#D9B836 #36A8D9 #6636D9

monochromatic

#7D6818 #B09321 #D9B836 #E3CA69 #ECDC9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#D9B836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#D9B836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B836

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B836	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB51E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBA99F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 184, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.145 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9cc76',
    500: '#d9b836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b836;
$custom-light: #e9cc76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.853,
    "s": 68.201,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78965,
    "c": 0.14541,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B836

secondary

#92A0D9

accent

#60EB3D

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#171309

muted

#85827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B836

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

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