#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
RGB	rgb(217, 184, 68)
HSL	hsl(47, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(47, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 68.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.73, -0.57, 60.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.73, 60.83, 90.53°)
OKLab	oklab(79.07% -0.007 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(79.07% 0.137 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.8016, 49.4527, 12.5479)
Luminance	0.4945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

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
##D9B844	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)

#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

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

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