#D9C14F#D9C14F

#D9C14F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.135 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C14F
RGB	rgb(217, 193, 79)
HSL	hsl(50, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 63.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.14, -4.61, 58.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.14, 58.91, 94.49°)
OKLab	oklab(81.01% -0.0173 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(81.01% 0.135 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.0987, 53.4585, 15.1279)
Luminance	0.5346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C14F #4F67D9

analogous

#D97C4F #D9C14F #ACD94F

triadic

#D9C14F #4FD9C1 #C14FD9

tetradic

#D9C14F #4FD97C #4F67D9 #D94FAC

square

#D9C14F #4FD97C #4F67D9 #D94FAC

split-complementary

#D9C14F #4FACD9 #7C4FD9

monochromatic

#8F7B1F #C1A72A #D9C14F #E4D381 #EFE4B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#D9C14F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#D9C14F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C14F

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C14F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C14F	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)

#D3BD42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C555

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c14f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 193, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.135 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d385',
    500: '#d9c14f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c14f;
$custom-light: #e8d385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c14f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.565,
    "s": 64.486,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81005,
    "c": 0.13485,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C14F

secondary

#384894

accent

#5DE740

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C14F

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

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