#D9B844#D9B844

#D9B844 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.137 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#D9B844
RGBrgb(217, 184, 68)
HSLhsl(47, 66%, 56%)
HSVhsv(47, 69%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 15.2%, 68.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(75.73, -0.57, 60.83)
CIE-LCHlch(75.73, 60.83, 90.53°)
OKLaboklab(79.07% -0.007 0.1364)
OKLCHoklch(79.07% 0.137 92.9)
XYZxyz(46.8016, 49.4527, 12.5479)
Luminance0.4945 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#D9B844 #4465D9
analogous
#D96D44 #D9B844 #B0D944
triadic
#D9B844 #44D9B8 #B844D9
tetradic
#D9B844 #44D96D #4465D9 #D944B0
square
#D9B844 #44D96D #4465D9 #D944B0
split-complementary
#D9B844 #44B0D9 #6D44D9
monochromatic
#876F1B #BA9926 #D9B844 #E3CB77 #EEDFAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93
#D9B844 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89
#D9B844 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B844
10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##D9B844#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##D9B8441.001.9310.8910.89
#FFFFFF1.931.0021.0021.00
#00000010.8921.001.001.00
##00000010.8921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CBB535
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D3BF4A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#EAAAA0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #d9b844;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 184, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.137 92.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9cd7e',
    500: '#d9b844',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #d9b844;
$custom-light: #e9cd7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#d9b844",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.711,
    "s": 66.222,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79069,
    "c": 0.13662,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#D9B844
secondary
#9EABDB
accent
#64E93F
background
#FEFCF7
surface
#FDF8EE
border
#D5D1C9
text
#17130A
muted
#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B844

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#D9B844 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva