#D9B944#D9B944

#D9B944 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.137 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B944
RGB	rgb(217, 185, 68)
HSL	hsl(47, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(47, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 68.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.99, -1.09, 61.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.99, 61.11, 91.02°)
OKLab	oklab(79.27% -0.0085 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(79.27% 0.137 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.0100, 49.8696, 12.6174)
Luminance	0.4987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B944 #4464D9

analogous

#D96E44 #D9B944 #AED944

triadic

#D9B944 #44D9B9 #B944D9

tetradic

#D9B944 #44D96E #4464D9 #D944AE

square

#D9B944 #44D96E #4464D9 #D944AE

split-complementary

#D9B944 #44AED9 #6E44D9

monochromatic

#87701B #BA9A26 #D9B944 #E3CC77 #EEDFAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#D9B944 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#D9B944 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B944

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B944	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B944	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)

#CCB634

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAABA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b944;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 185, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.137 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9cd7e',
    500: '#d9b944',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b944;
$custom-light: #e9cd7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b944",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.114,
    "s": 66.222,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79272,
    "c": 0.13726,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B944

secondary

#9EABDB

accent

#63E93F

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B944

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

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