#D9B83E#D9B83E

#D9B83E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.141 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B83E
RGB	rgb(217, 184, 62)
HSL	hsl(47, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(47, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 71.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.69, -0.87, 63.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.69, 63.19, 90.79°)
OKLab	oklab(79.02% -0.0085 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(79.02% 0.141 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.6277, 49.3831, 11.6324)
Luminance	0.4938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B83E #3E5FD9

analogous

#D96B3E #D9B83E #ACD93E

triadic

#D9B83E #3ED9B8 #B83ED9

tetradic

#D9B83E #3ED96B #3E5FD9 #D93EAC

square

#D9B83E #3ED96B #3E5FD9 #D93EAC

split-complementary

#D9B83E #3EACD9 #6B3ED9

monochromatic

#836C1A #B69724 #D9B83E #E3CB71 #EDDEA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#D9B83E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#D9B83E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B83E

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B83E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B83E	1.00	1.93	10.88	10.88
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB52C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAA9A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b83e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 184, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.141 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9cc7b',
    500: '#d9b83e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b83e;
$custom-light: #e9cc7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b83e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.226,
    "s": 67.1,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79021,
    "c": 0.14062,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B83E

secondary

#99A7DA

accent

#62EA3E

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B83E

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

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