#D1C940#D1C940

#D1C940 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.153 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D1C940
RGB	rgb(209, 201, 64)
HSL	hsl(57, 61%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(57, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 69.4%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.44, -12.92, 65.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.44, 67.16, 101.09°)
OKLab	oklab(81.84% -0.0421 0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(81.84% 0.153 106)
XYZ	xyz(48.1084, 55.7005, 13.0666)
Luminance	0.5570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D1C940 #4048D1

analogous

#D18040 #D1C940 #90D140

triadic

#D1C940 #40D1C9 #C940D1

tetradic

#D1C940 #40D180 #4048D1 #D14090

square

#D1C940 #40D180 #4048D1 #D14090

split-complementary

#D1C940 #4090D1 #8040D1

monochromatic

#79741D #ABA429 #D1C940 #DDD771 #E9E5A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#D1C940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#D1C940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D1C940

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D1C940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D1C940	1.00	1.73	12.14	12.14
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC22A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC749

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0BCAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d1c940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(209, 201, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.153 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e3d97d',
    500: '#d1c940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d1c940;
$custom-light: #e3d97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d1c940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 209,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.69,
    "s": 61.181,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81835,
    "c": 0.15266,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.55699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D1C940

secondary

#343881

accent

#4CE444

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D1C940

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

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