#D9B940#D9B940

#D9B940 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.140 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B940
RGB	rgb(217, 185, 64)
HSL	hsl(47, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(47, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 70.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.96, -1.29, 62.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.96, 62.69, 91.18°)
OKLab	oklab(79.24% -0.0095 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(79.24% 0.14 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.8921, 49.8224, 11.9963)
Luminance	0.4982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B940 #4060D9

analogous

#D96D40 #D9B940 #ACD940

triadic

#D9B940 #40D9B9 #B940D9

tetradic

#D9B940 #40D96D #4060D9 #D940AC

square

#D9B940 #40D96D #4060D9 #D940AC

split-complementary

#D9B940 #40ACD9 #6D40D9

monochromatic

#846E1A #B79924 #D9B940 #E3CC73 #EDDEA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#D9B940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#D9B940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B940

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B940	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB62F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAABA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 185, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.140 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9cd7c',
    500: '#d9b940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b940;
$custom-light: #e9cd7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.451,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7924,
    "c": 0.13995,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B940

secondary

#9AA8DA

accent

#62EA3E

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B940

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

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