#D9C23F#D9C23F

#D9C23F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.147 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C23F
RGB	rgb(217, 194, 63)
HSL	hsl(51, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 71%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.28, -6.01, 65.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.28, 65.64, 95.25°)
OKLab	oklab(81.08% -0.0231 0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(81.08% 0.147 99)
XYZ	xyz(48.8066, 53.6965, 12.4953)
Luminance	0.5369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C23F #3F56D9

analogous

#D9753F #D9C23F #A3D93F

triadic

#D9C23F #3FD9C2 #C23FD9

tetradic

#D9C23F #3FD975 #3F56D9 #D93FA3

square

#D9C23F #3FD975 #3F56D9 #D93FA3

split-complementary

#D9C23F #3FA3D9 #753FD9

monochromatic

#84741A #B7A124 #D9C23F #E3D272 #EDE2A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#D9C23F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.74

#D9C23F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C23F

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C23F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C23F	1.00	1.79	11.74	11.74
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BD2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC547

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c23f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 194, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.147 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d47c',
    500: '#d9c23f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c23f;
$custom-light: #e9d47c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c23f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.039,
    "s": 66.957,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81077,
    "c": 0.14698,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.53694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C23F

secondary

#323F8A

accent

#58EA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C23F

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

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