#D9B954#D9B954

#D9B954 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.125 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9B954
RGB	rgb(217, 185, 84)
HSL	hsl(46, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 61.3%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.13, -0.12, 54.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.13, 54.30, 90.13°)
OKLab	oklab(79.42% -0.0038 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(79.42% 0.125 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.5667, 50.0922, 15.5491)
Luminance	0.5009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9B954 #5474D9

analogous

#D97754 #D9B954 #B7D954

triadic

#D9B954 #54D9B9 #B954D9

tetradic

#D9B954 #54D977 #5474D9 #D954B7

square

#D9B954 #54D977 #5474D9 #D954B7

split-complementary

#D9B954 #54B7D9 #7754D9

monochromatic

#927720 #C49F2C #D9B954 #E4CD86 #EFE2B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#D9B954 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#D9B954 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9B954

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9B954	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9B954	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C058

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9ACA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9b954;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 185, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.125 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8cd88',
    500: '#d9b954',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9b954;
$custom-light: #e8cd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9b954",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.564,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79423,
    "c": 0.12506,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9B954

secondary

#3A5097

accent

#69E741

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFAF3

border

#D6D3CD

text

#16130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9B954

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

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