#D9B843#D9B843

#D9B843 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.137 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B843
RGB	rgb(217, 184, 67)
HSL	hsl(47, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(47, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 69.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.72, -0.62, 61.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.72, 61.24, 90.58°)
OKLab	oklab(79.06% -0.0072 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(79.06% 0.137 93)
XYZ	xyz(46.7713, 49.4406, 12.3886)
Luminance	0.4944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B843 #4364D9

analogous

#D96D43 #D9B843 #AFD943

triadic

#D9B843 #43D9B8 #B843D9

tetradic

#D9B843 #43D96D #4364D9 #D943AF

square

#D9B843 #43D96D #4364D9 #D943AF

split-complementary

#D9B843 #43AFD9 #6D43D9

monochromatic

#866F1B #B99925 #D9B843 #E3CB76 #EEDEA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#D9B843 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#D9B843 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B843

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B843	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B843	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB533

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAAAA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b843;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 184, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.137 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9cd7d',
    500: '#d9b843',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b843;
$custom-light: #e9cd7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b843",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.8,
    "s": 66.372,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7906,
    "c": 0.13731,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.49438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B843

secondary

#9DAADB

accent

#64E93F

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B843

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

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