#D9C144#D9C144

#D9C144 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.143 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C144
RGB	rgb(217, 193, 68)
HSL	hsl(50, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(50, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 68.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.06, -5.24, 63.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.06, 63.42, 94.74°)
OKLab	oklab(80.91% -0.0203 0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(80.91% 0.143 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.7309, 53.3114, 13.1910)
Luminance	0.5331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C144 #445CD9

analogous

#D97744 #D9C144 #A6D944

triadic

#D9C144 #44D9C1 #C144D9

tetradic

#D9C144 #44D977 #445CD9 #D944A6

square

#D9C144 #44D977 #445CD9 #D944A6

split-complementary

#D9C144 #44A6D9 #7744D9

monochromatic

#87761B #BAA226 #D9C144 #E3D277 #EEE3AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#D9C144 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#D9C144 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C144

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C144	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C144	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)

#D4BC32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC54B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c144;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 193, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.143 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d37f',
    500: '#d9c144',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c144;
$custom-light: #e8d37f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c144",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.336,
    "s": 66.222,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80909,
    "c": 0.14292,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C144

secondary

#34428D

accent

#5AE93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C144

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

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