#D9C146#D9C146

#D9C146 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.142 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C146
RGB	rgb(217, 193, 70)
HSL	hsl(50, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 67.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.07, -5.13, 62.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.07, 62.63, 94.70°)
OKLab	oklab(80.93% -0.0198 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(80.93% 0.142 98)
XYZ	xyz(48.7930, 53.3362, 13.5180)
Luminance	0.5333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C146 #465ED9

analogous

#D97846 #D9C146 #A8D946

triadic

#D9C146 #46D9C1 #C146D9

tetradic

#D9C146 #46D978 #465ED9 #D946A8

square

#D9C146 #46D978 #465ED9 #D946A8

split-complementary

#D9C146 #46A8D9 #7846D9

monochromatic

#89771C #BBA326 #D9C146 #E3D279 #EEE3AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#D9C146 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#D9C146 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C146

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C146	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C146	1.00	1.80	11.67	11.67
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BC35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC54D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c146;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 193, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.142 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d380',
    500: '#d9c146',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c146;
$custom-light: #e8d380;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c146",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.204,
    "s": 65.919,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80925,
    "c": 0.14153,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.53334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C146

secondary

#35438F

accent

#5BE93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C146

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

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