#D9B845#D9B845

#D9B845 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.136 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B845
RGB	rgb(217, 184, 69)
HSL	hsl(47, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 68.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.74, -0.51, 60.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.74, 60.43, 90.49°)
OKLab	oklab(79.08% -0.0067 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(79.08% 0.136 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.8323, 49.4650, 12.7100)
Luminance	0.4946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B845 #4566D9

analogous

#D96E45 #D9B845 #B0D945

triadic

#D9B845 #45D9B8 #B845D9

tetradic

#D9B845 #45D96E #4566D9 #D945B0

square

#D9B845 #45D96E #4566D9 #D945B0

split-complementary

#D9B845 #45B0D9 #6E45D9

monochromatic

#88701C #BB9A26 #D9B845 #E3CB78 #EEDFAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#D9B845 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#D9B845 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B845

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B845	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B845	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)

#CBB536

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAAAA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b845;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 184, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.136 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9cd7f',
    500: '#d9b845',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b845;
$custom-light: #e9cd7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b845",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.622,
    "s": 66.071,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79077,
    "c": 0.13593,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B845

secondary

#9EACDB

accent

#65E93F

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B845

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

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