#D9C045#D9C045

#D9C045 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.141 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C045
RGB	rgb(217, 192, 69)
HSL	hsl(50, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 68.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.81, -4.67, 62.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.81, 62.73, 94.27°)
OKLab	oklab(80.71% -0.0186 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(80.71% 0.141 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.5414, 52.8830, 13.2797)
Luminance	0.5288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C045 #455ED9

analogous

#D97645 #D9C045 #A8D945

triadic

#D9C045 #45D9C0 #C045D9

tetradic

#D9C045 #45D976 #455ED9 #D945A8

square

#D9C045 #45D976 #455ED9 #D945A8

split-complementary

#D9C045 #45A8D9 #7645D9

monochromatic

#88761C #BBA226 #D9C045 #E3D178 #EEE2AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#D9C045 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.58

#D9C045 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C045

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C045	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C045	1.00	1.81	11.58	11.58
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BB34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C44C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c045;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 192, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.141 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d27f',
    500: '#d9c045',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c045;
$custom-light: #e8d27f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c045",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.865,
    "s": 66.071,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80711,
    "c": 0.14148,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C045

secondary

#34438E

accent

#5CE93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C045

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

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