#D7C249#D7C249

#D7C249 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.140 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D7C249
RGB	rgb(215, 194, 73)
HSL	hsl(51, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 66%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.18, -6.33, 61.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.18, 61.57, 95.90°)
OKLab	oklab(80.97% -0.0228 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(80.97% 0.14 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.5208, 53.5139, 14.0755)
Luminance	0.5351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D7C249 #495ED7

analogous

#D77B49 #D7C249 #A5D749

triadic

#D7C249 #49D7C2 #C249D7

tetradic

#D7C249 #49D77B #495ED7 #D749A5

square

#D7C249 #49D77B #495ED7 #D749A5

split-complementary

#D7C249 #49A5D7 #7B49D7

monochromatic

#88781E #BAA429 #D7C249 #E2D37B #EDE4AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#D7C249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#D7C249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D7C249

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D7C249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D7C249	1.00	1.79	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC550

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7B4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d7c249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(215, 194, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.140 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d482',
    500: '#d7c249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d7c249;
$custom-light: #e7d482;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d7c249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 215,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.127,
    "s": 63.964,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80973,
    "c": 0.14007,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D7C249

secondary

#36438E

accent

#59E741

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D7C249

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

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