#D9C142#D9C142

#D9C142 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.144 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C142
RGB	rgb(217, 193, 66)
HSL	hsl(50, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(50, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 69.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.04, -5.34, 63.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.04, 64.20, 94.78°)
OKLab	oklab(80.89% -0.0208 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(80.89% 0.144 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.6709, 53.2874, 12.8750)
Luminance	0.5329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C142 #425AD9

analogous

#D97642 #D9C142 #A5D942

triadic

#D9C142 #42D9C1 #C142D9

tetradic

#D9C142 #42D976 #425AD9 #D942A5

square

#D9C142 #42D976 #425AD9 #D942A5

split-complementary

#D9C142 #42A5D9 #7642D9

monochromatic

#86751B #B9A125 #D9C142 #E3D275 #EDE2A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#D9C142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#D9C142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C142

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C142	1.00	1.80	11.66	11.66
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BC2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC549

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 193, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.144 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d37e',
    500: '#d9c142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c142;
$custom-light: #e9d37e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.464,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80893,
    "c": 0.14426,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C142

secondary

#33418C

accent

#5AE93E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C142

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

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