Burnt Yellow #D5AB09

About this color

#D5AB09 is a medium-light, vivid yellow. In OKLCH its lightness is 76%, its chroma 0.153 and its hue 91°. Its hue sits on the warm side of the wheel. It is the named color Burnt Yellow. Black text reads best on it, at 9.65:1.

Colors that go with Burnt Yellow

Matches found by rotating Burnt Yellow around the OKLCH hue wheel, each labelled with the closest name in our list.

Color palettes with Burnt Yellow

Curated color palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.06 (OKLab) of Burnt Yellow, closest first.

• Lemon Tonic
• Obsidian Penthouse
• Imperial Gala
• Opulent Invitation
• Imperial Penthouse
• Mandarin Tonic
• Lemon Peel
• Steel Deck

Similar named colors

The eight named colors closest to Burnt Yellow, with their ΔE distance.

• Goldenrod #DAA520 ΔE 0.020
• Mustard #CEB301 ΔE 0.023
• Dark Yellow #D5B60A ΔE 0.028
• Muddy Yellow #BFAC05 ΔE 0.035
• Yellow Ochre #CB9D06 ΔE 0.040
• Olive Yellow #C2B709 ΔE 0.041
• Mustard Yellow #D2BD0A ΔE 0.046
• Ocre #C69C04 ΔE 0.047

More about Burnt Yellow

• Shades of yellow
• What yellow means

How to make Burnt Yellow

A starting recipe from common paint colors, found with a spectral paint model (the color mixer’s paint mode). Real pigments vary, so mix a small test batch and adjust.

• 2 parts yellow
• 1 part brown

Recipe result: #D7AD2D, a difference of ΔE 0.013 from Burnt Yellow. That is very close: most people will not see the difference.

What colors make yellow? | Color mixing chart

Codes for Burnt Yellow in every format

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Shades and tints of Burnt Yellow

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 400.

1. Step 50

   50

   #F9F5EC

   oklch(97.1% 0.013 86.8)

2. Step 100

   100

   #F1EAD5

   oklch(93.7% 0.029 91.6)

3. Step 200

   200

   #E6D8B2

   oklch(88.4% 0.052 90.2)

4. Step 300

   300

   #D8BF76

   oklch(81% 0.097 91.2)

5. Step 400

   400 (this color)

   #D5AB09

   oklch(75.8% 0.153 90.8)

6. Step 500

   500

   #A78500

   oklch(63.1% 0.129 90.6)

7. Step 600

   600

   #8C7000

   oklch(55.6% 0.114 91.4)

8. Step 700

   700

   #765E00

   oklch(49.2% 0.101 91.4)

9. Step 800

   800

   #614C00

   oklch(42.6% 0.087 90.4)

10. Step 900

    900

    #513F00

    oklch(37.6% 0.077 90.4)

11. Step 950

    950

    #312500

    oklch(27.1% 0.055 90.3)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

Burnt Yellow with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.