#D9C143#D9C143

#D9C143 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.144 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C143
RGB	rgb(217, 193, 67)
HSL	hsl(50, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(50, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 69.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.05, -5.29, 63.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.05, 63.82, 94.76°)
OKLab	oklab(80.9% -0.0206 0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(80.9% 0.144 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.7006, 53.2993, 13.0317)
Luminance	0.5330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C143 #435BD9

analogous

#D97643 #D9C143 #A6D943

triadic

#D9C143 #43D9C1 #C143D9

tetradic

#D9C143 #43D976 #435BD9 #D943A6

square

#D9C143 #43D976 #435BD9 #D943A6

split-complementary

#D9C143 #43A6D9 #7643D9

monochromatic

#86751B #B9A225 #D9C143 #E3D276 #EEE3A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#D9C143 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#D9C143 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C143

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C143	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C143	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)

#D4BC31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC54A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c143;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 193, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.144 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d37e',
    500: '#d9c143',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c143;
$custom-light: #e8d37e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c143",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.4,
    "s": 66.372,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80901,
    "c": 0.14359,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C143

secondary

#33428D

accent

#5AE93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C143

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

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