#D9C04F#D9C04F

#D9C04F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.134 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C04F
RGB	rgb(217, 192, 79)
HSL	hsl(49, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 63.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.89, -4.09, 58.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.89, 58.60, 94.00°)
OKLab	oklab(80.8% -0.0158 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(80.8% 0.134 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.8784, 53.0178, 15.0545)
Luminance	0.5302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C04F #4F68D9

analogous

#D97B4F #D9C04F #ADD94F

triadic

#D9C04F #4FD9C0 #C04FD9

tetradic

#D9C04F #4FD97B #4F68D9 #D94FAD

square

#D9C04F #4FD97B #4F68D9 #D94FAD

split-complementary

#D9C04F #4FADD9 #7B4FD9

monochromatic

#8F7A1F #C1A62A #D9C04F #E4D281 #EFE4B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#D9C04F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#D9C04F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C04F

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C04F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C04F	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)

#D2BC42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C455

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c04f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 192, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.134 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d285',
    500: '#d9c04f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c04f;
$custom-light: #e8d285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c04f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.13,
    "s": 64.486,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.808,
    "c": 0.13408,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C04F

secondary

#384994

accent

#5FE740

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C04F

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

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