#D9C04E#D9C04E

#D9C04E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.135 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C04E
RGB	rgb(217, 192, 78)
HSL	hsl(49, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 64.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.88, -4.15, 58.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.88, 59.02, 94.04°)
OKLab	oklab(80.79% -0.0161 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(80.79% 0.135 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.8422, 53.0034, 14.8642)
Luminance	0.5300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C04E #4E67D9

analogous

#D97B4E #D9C04E #ACD94E

triadic

#D9C04E #4ED9C0 #C04ED9

tetradic

#D9C04E #4ED97B #4E67D9 #D94EAC

square

#D9C04E #4ED97B #4E67D9 #D94EAC

split-complementary

#D9C04E #4EACD9 #7B4ED9

monochromatic

#8E7A1F #C0A529 #D9C04E #E4D280 #EFE4B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#D9C04E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#D9C04E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C04E

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C04E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C04E	1.00	1.81	11.60	11.60
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BC41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C454

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c04e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 192, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.135 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d284',
    500: '#d9c04e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c04e;
$custom-light: #e8d284;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c04e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.209,
    "s": 64.651,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8079,
    "c": 0.13486,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C04E

secondary

#384894

accent

#5EE840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C04E

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

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