#D9B941#D9B941

#D9B941 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.139 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B941
RGB	rgb(217, 185, 65)
HSL	hsl(47, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(47, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 70%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.97, -1.24, 62.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.97, 62.30, 91.14°)
OKLab	oklab(79.25% -0.0093 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(79.25% 0.139 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.9208, 49.8339, 12.1475)
Luminance	0.4983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B941 #4161D9

analogous

#D96D41 #D9B941 #ADD941

triadic

#D9B941 #41D9B9 #B941D9

tetradic

#D9B941 #41D96D #4161D9 #D941AD

square

#D9B941 #41D96D #4161D9 #D941AD

split-complementary

#D9B941 #41ADD9 #6D41D9

monochromatic

#856F1B #B89925 #D9B941 #E3CC74 #EDDFA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#D9B941 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#D9B941 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B941

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B941	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B941	1.00	1.91	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB630

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAABA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b941;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 185, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.139 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9cd7c',
    500: '#d9b941',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b941;
$custom-light: #e9cd7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b941",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.368,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79247,
    "c": 0.1393,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B941

secondary

#9BA9DB

accent

#62EA3E

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B941

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

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