#D9C04A#D9C04A

#D9C04A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.138 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C04A
RGB	rgb(217, 192, 74)
HSL	hsl(50, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 65.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.84, -4.39, 60.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.84, 60.70, 94.15°)
OKLab	oklab(80.75% -0.0172 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(80.75% 0.138 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.7032, 52.9478, 14.1318)
Luminance	0.5294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C04A #4A63D9

analogous

#D9784A #D9C04A #ABD94A

triadic

#D9C04A #4AD9C0 #C04AD9

tetradic

#D9C04A #4AD978 #4A63D9 #D94AAB

square

#D9C04A #4AD978 #4A63D9 #D94AAB

split-complementary

#D9C04A #4AABD9 #784AD9

monochromatic

#8B781D #BEA428 #D9C04A #E4D27D #EEE3AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#D9C04A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#D9C04A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C04A

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C04A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C04A	1.00	1.81	11.59	11.59
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BC3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C450

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c04a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 192, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.138 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d282',
    500: '#d9c04a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c04a;
$custom-light: #e8d282;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c04a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.51,
    "s": 65.297,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80754,
    "c": 0.13789,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C04A

secondary

#364691

accent

#5DE840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C04A

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

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