#D9C23C#D9C23C

#D9C23C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.149 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C23C
RGB	rgb(217, 194, 60)
HSL	hsl(51, 67%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(51, 72%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 72.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.27, -6.15, 66.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.27, 66.75, 95.29°)
OKLab	oklab(81.06% -0.0238 0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(81.06% 0.149 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.7250, 53.6639, 12.0658)
Luminance	0.5366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C23C #3C53D9

analogous

#D9743C #D9C23C #A2D93C

triadic

#D9C23C #3CD9C2 #C23CD9

tetradic

#D9C23C #3CD974 #3C53D9 #D93CA2

square

#D9C23C #3CD974 #3C53D9 #D93CA2

split-complementary

#D9C23C #3CA2D9 #743CD9

monochromatic

#817219 #B59F23 #D9C23C #E3D26F #EDE2A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#D9C23C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.73

#D9C23C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C23C

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C23C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C23C	1.00	1.79	11.73	11.73
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BD25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC545

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c23c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 194, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.149 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d47a',
    500: '#d9c23c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c23c;
$custom-light: #e9d47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c23c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.21,
    "s": 67.382,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81056,
    "c": 0.14884,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C23C

secondary

#313E88

accent

#57EA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C23C

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

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