#D9C145#D9C145

#D9C145 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.142 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C145
RGB	rgb(217, 193, 69)
HSL	hsl(50, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 68.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.07, -5.19, 62.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.07, 63.03, 94.72°)
OKLab	oklab(80.92% -0.0201 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(80.92% 0.142 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.7617, 53.3237, 13.3531)
Luminance	0.5332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C145 #455DD9

analogous

#D97745 #D9C145 #A7D945

triadic

#D9C145 #45D9C1 #C145D9

tetradic

#D9C145 #45D977 #455DD9 #D945A7

square

#D9C145 #45D977 #455DD9 #D945A7

split-complementary

#D9C145 #45A7D9 #7745D9

monochromatic

#88761C #BBA326 #D9C145 #E3D278 #EEE3AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#D9C145 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#D9C145 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C145

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C145	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C145	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)

#D3BC34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC54C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c145;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 193, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.142 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d37f',
    500: '#d9c145',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c145;
$custom-light: #e8d37f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c145",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.27,
    "s": 66.071,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80917,
    "c": 0.14223,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C145

secondary

#34438E

accent

#5AE93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C145

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

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