#D1C949#D1C949

#D1C949 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.146 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D1C949
RGB	rgb(209, 201, 73)
HSL	hsl(56, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 65.1%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.51, -12.43, 62.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.51, 63.70, 101.25°)
OKLab	oklab(81.91% -0.0397 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(81.91% 0.146 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.3855, 55.8113, 14.5260)
Luminance	0.5581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D1C949 #4951D1

analogous

#D18549 #D1C949 #95D149

triadic

#D1C949 #49D1C9 #C949D1

tetradic

#D1C949 #49D185 #4951D1 #D14995

square

#D1C949 #49D185 #4951D1 #D14995

split-complementary

#D1C949 #4995D1 #8549D1

monochromatic

#7F7A20 #B0A92D #D1C949 #DDD77A #EAE6AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#D1C949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#D1C949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D1C949

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D1C949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D1C949	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC238

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC851

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0BCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d1c949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(209, 201, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.146 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2d982',
    500: '#d1c949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d1c949;
$custom-light: #e2d982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d1c949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 209,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 59.649,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81905,
    "c": 0.14646,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D1C949

secondary

#373C87

accent

#4EE345

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D1C949

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

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