#D9C154#D9C154

#D9C154 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.131 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C154
RGB	rgb(217, 193, 84)
HSL	hsl(49, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 61.3%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.19, -4.29, 56.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.19, 56.75, 94.33°)
OKLab	oklab(81.05% -0.0158 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(81.05% 0.131 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.2876, 53.5340, 16.1227)
Luminance	0.5353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C154 #546CD9

analogous

#D97F54 #D9C154 #AFD954

triadic

#D9C154 #54D9C1 #C154D9

tetradic

#D9C154 #54D97F #546CD9 #D954AF

square

#D9C154 #54D97F #546CD9 #D954AF

split-complementary

#D9C154 #54AFD9 #7F54D9

monochromatic

#927E20 #C4A92C #D9C154 #E4D386 #EFE5B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#D9C154 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#D9C154 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C154

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C154	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C154	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C559

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c154;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 193, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.131 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d388',
    500: '#d9c154',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c154;
$custom-light: #e8d388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c154",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.173,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81055,
    "c": 0.13083,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C154

secondary

#3A4B97

accent

#5FE741

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C154

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

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