#D9C042#D9C042

#D9C042 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.144 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C042
RGB	rgb(217, 192, 66)
HSL	hsl(50, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(50, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 69.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.78, -4.83, 63.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.78, 63.90, 94.33°)
OKLab	oklab(80.69% -0.0194 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(80.69% 0.144 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.4506, 52.8467, 12.8016)
Luminance	0.5284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C042 #425BD9

analogous

#D97442 #D9C042 #A7D942

triadic

#D9C042 #42D9C0 #C042D9

tetradic

#D9C042 #42D974 #425BD9 #D942A7

square

#D9C042 #42D974 #425BD9 #D942A7

split-complementary

#D9C042 #42A7D9 #7442D9

monochromatic

#86741B #B9A025 #D9C042 #E3D175 #EDE2A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#D9C042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#D9C042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C042

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C042	1.00	1.82	11.57	11.57
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BB30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C449

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 192, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.144 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d27e',
    500: '#d9c042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c042;
$custom-light: #e9d27e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.066,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80687,
    "c": 0.14351,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C042

secondary

#33428C

accent

#5BE93E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C042

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

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