#D9C14E#D9C14E

#D9C14E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.136 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C14E
RGB	rgb(217, 193, 78)
HSL	hsl(50, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 64.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.14, -4.67, 59.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.14, 59.34, 94.52°)
OKLab	oklab(81% -0.0176 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(81% 0.136 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.0625, 53.4440, 14.9377)
Luminance	0.5344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C14E #4E66D9

analogous

#D97B4E #D9C14E #ACD94E

triadic

#D9C14E #4ED9C1 #C14ED9

tetradic

#D9C14E #4ED97B #4E66D9 #D94EAC

square

#D9C14E #4ED97B #4E66D9 #D94EAC

split-complementary

#D9C14E #4EACD9 #7B4ED9

monochromatic

#8E7B1F #C0A629 #D9C14E #E4D380 #EFE4B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#D9C14E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#D9C14E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C14E

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C14E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C14E	1.00	1.80	11.69	11.69
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C554

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c14e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 193, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.136 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d385',
    500: '#d9c14e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c14e;
$custom-light: #e8d385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c14e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.64,
    "s": 64.651,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80996,
    "c": 0.13563,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C14E

secondary

#384794

accent

#5DE840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C14E

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

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