#D9B83D#D9B83D

#D9B83D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.141 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B83D
RGB	rgb(217, 184, 61)
HSL	hsl(47, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(47, 72%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 71.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.68, -0.92, 63.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.68, 63.57, 90.83°)
OKLab	oklab(79.01% -0.0088 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(79.01% 0.141 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.6005, 49.3723, 11.4892)
Luminance	0.4937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B83D #3D5ED9

analogous

#D96A3D #D9B83D #ACD93D

triadic

#D9B83D #3DD9B8 #B83DD9

tetradic

#D9B83D #3DD96A #3D5ED9 #D93DAC

square

#D9B83D #3DD96A #3D5ED9 #D93DAC

split-complementary

#D9B83D #3DACD9 #6A3DD9

monochromatic

#826C19 #B59624 #D9B83D #E3CB70 #EDDDA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#D9B83D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#D9B83D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B83D

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B83D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B83D	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB52A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAA99F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b83d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 184, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.141 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9cc7a',
    500: '#d9b83d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b83d;
$custom-light: #e9cc7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b83d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.308,
    "s": 67.241,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79013,
    "c": 0.14124,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B83D

secondary

#98A6DA

accent

#62EA3E

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B83D

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

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