#D9C046#D9C046

#D9C046 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.141 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C046
RGB	rgb(217, 192, 70)
HSL	hsl(50, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 67.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.81, -4.62, 62.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.81, 62.33, 94.25°)
OKLab	oklab(80.72% -0.0183 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(80.72% 0.141 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.5727, 52.8956, 13.4446)
Luminance	0.5289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C046 #465FD9

analogous

#D97746 #D9C046 #A9D946

triadic

#D9C046 #46D9C0 #C046D9

tetradic

#D9C046 #46D977 #465FD9 #D946A9

square

#D9C046 #46D977 #465FD9 #D946A9

split-complementary

#D9C046 #46A9D9 #7746D9

monochromatic

#89761C #BBA226 #D9C046 #E3D179 #EEE3AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#D9C046 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.58

#D9C046 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C046

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C046	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C046	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)

#D3BC36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C44D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c046;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 192, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.141 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d280',
    500: '#d9c046',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c046;
$custom-light: #e8d280;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c046",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.796,
    "s": 65.919,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80719,
    "c": 0.14078,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C046

secondary

#35448F

accent

#5CE93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C046

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

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