#D9B949#D9B949
#D9B949 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.134 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #D9B949 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(217, 185, 73) |
| HSL | hsl(47, 65%, 57%) |
| HSV | hsv(47, 66%, 85%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 66.4%, 14.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(76.03, -0.81, 59.05) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(76.03, 59.06, 90.79°) |
| OKLab | oklab(79.32% -0.0071 0.1335) |
| OKLCH | oklch(79.32% 0.134 93) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.1692, 49.9332, 13.4556) |
| Luminance | 0.4993 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 2.98
Gold (survey)
#DBB40C
ΔE00 4.32
Dark Yellow
#D5B60A
ΔE00 4.36
Mustard (survey)
#CEB301
ΔE00 4.95
Burnt Yellow
#D5AB09
ΔE00 5.26
Brownish Yellow
#C9B003
ΔE00 5.36
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#D9B949 #4969D9
analogous
#D97149 #D9B949 #B1D949
triadic
#D9B949 #49D9B9 #B949D9
tetradic
#D9B949 #49D971 #4969D9 #D949B1
square
#D9B949 #49D971 #4969D9 #D949B1
split-complementary
#D9B949 #49B1D9 #7149D9
monochromatic
#8B721D #BD9C28 #D9B949 #E4CC7C #EEE0AE
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.91
#D9B949 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.99
#D9B949 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #D9B949
10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##D9B949 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##D9B949 | 1.00 | 1.91 | 10.99 | 10.99 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.91 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#CCB63B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D4BF4F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#EAABA2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BBBBBB
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #d9b949; /* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 185, 73); /* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.134 93.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#e8cd81',
500: '#d9b949',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #d9b949; $custom-light: #e8cd81; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#d9b949",
"rgb": {
"r": 217,
"g": 185,
"b": 73
},
"hsl": {
"h": 46.667,
"s": 65.455,
"l": 56.863
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.79315,
"c": 0.13369,
"h": 93
},
"luminance": 0.49931
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#D9B949
secondary
#A2AFDC
accent
#65E83F
background
#FEFCF8
surface
#FDF8EF
border
#D5D1CA
text
#17130B
muted
#85827C