#D9B936#D9B936

#D9B936 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.146 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B936
RGB	rgb(217, 185, 54)
HSL	hsl(48, 68%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(48, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 75.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.90, -1.75, 66.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.90, 66.37, 91.51°)
OKLab	oklab(79.17% -0.0119 0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(79.17% 0.146 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.6326, 49.7186, 10.6297)
Luminance	0.4972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B936 #3656D9

analogous

#D96736 #D9B936 #A7D936

triadic

#D9B936 #36D9B9 #B936D9

tetradic

#D9B936 #36D967 #3656D9 #D936A7

square

#D9B936 #36D967 #3656D9 #D936A7

split-complementary

#D9B936 #36A7D9 #6736D9

monochromatic

#7D6918 #B09421 #D9B936 #E3CB69 #ECDD9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#D9B936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#D9B936 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B936

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B936	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB51E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5BF3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBAAA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 185, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.146 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9cd77',
    500: '#d9b936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b936;
$custom-light: #e9cd77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.221,
    "s": 68.201,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79169,
    "c": 0.14604,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B936

secondary

#92A0D9

accent

#5FEB3D

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#171309

muted

#85827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B936

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

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