#D9C04B#D9C04B

#D9C04B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.137 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C04B
RGB	rgb(217, 192, 75)
HSL	hsl(49, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 65.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.85, -4.34, 60.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.85, 60.28, 94.12°)
OKLab	oklab(80.76% -0.017 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(80.76% 0.137 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.7371, 52.9614, 14.3107)
Luminance	0.5296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C04B #4B64D9

analogous

#D9794B #D9C04B #ABD94B

triadic

#D9C04B #4BD9C0 #C04BD9

tetradic

#D9C04B #4BD979 #4B64D9 #D94BAB

square

#D9C04B #4BD979 #4B64D9 #D94BAB

split-complementary

#D9C04B #4BABD9 #794BD9

monochromatic

#8C791E #BFA428 #D9C04B #E4D27E #EEE3B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#D9C04B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#D9C04B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C04B

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C04B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C04B	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)

#D2BC3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C451

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c04b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 192, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.137 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d283',
    500: '#d9c04b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c04b;
$custom-light: #e8d283;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c04b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.437,
    "s": 65.138,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80763,
    "c": 0.13714,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C04B

secondary

#364792

accent

#5DE840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C04B

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

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