#D9C040#D9C040

#D9C040 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.145 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C040
RGB	rgb(217, 192, 64)
HSL	hsl(50, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 70.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.77, -4.93, 64.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.77, 64.67, 94.37°)
OKLab	oklab(80.67% -0.0199 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(80.67% 0.145 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.3927, 52.8236, 12.4965)
Luminance	0.5282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C040 #4059D9

analogous

#D97340 #D9C040 #A6D940

triadic

#D9C040 #40D9C0 #C040D9

tetradic

#D9C040 #40D973 #4059D9 #D940A6

square

#D9C040 #40D973 #4059D9 #D940A6

split-complementary

#D9C040 #40A6D9 #7340D9

monochromatic

#84731A #B79F24 #D9C040 #E3D173 #EDE2A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#D9C040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.56

#D9C040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C040

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C040	1.00	1.82	11.56	11.56
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BB2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C448

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 192, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.145 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d27c',
    500: '#d9c040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c040;
$custom-light: #e9d27c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.196,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80672,
    "c": 0.14483,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C040

secondary

#32418B

accent

#5AEA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C040

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

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