#D9C140#D9C140

#D9C140 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.146 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C140
RGB	rgb(217, 193, 64)
HSL	hsl(51, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 70.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.03, -5.44, 64.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.03, 64.97, 94.81°)
OKLab	oklab(80.88% -0.0213 0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(80.88% 0.146 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.6130, 53.2642, 12.5699)
Luminance	0.5326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C140 #4058D9

analogous

#D97440 #D9C140 #A5D940

triadic

#D9C140 #40D9C1 #C140D9

tetradic

#D9C140 #40D974 #4058D9 #D940A5

square

#D9C140 #40D974 #4058D9 #D940A5

split-complementary

#D9C140 #40A5D9 #7440D9

monochromatic

#84741A #B7A024 #D9C140 #E3D273 #EDE2A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#D9C140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.65

#D9C140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C140

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C140	1.00	1.80	11.65	11.65
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BC2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC548

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 193, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.146 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d37d',
    500: '#d9c140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c140;
$custom-light: #e9d37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.588,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80878,
    "c": 0.14557,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C140

secondary

#32408B

accent

#59EA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C140

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

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