#D9C240#D9C240

#D9C240 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.146 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C240
RGB	rgb(217, 194, 64)
HSL	hsl(51, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 70.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.29, -5.96, 65.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.29, 65.27, 95.24°)
OKLab	oklab(81.08% -0.0228 0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(81.08% 0.146 99)
XYZ	xyz(48.8348, 53.7078, 12.6438)
Luminance	0.5371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C240 #4057D9

analogous

#D97540 #D9C240 #A4D940

triadic

#D9C240 #40D9C2 #C240D9

tetradic

#D9C240 #40D975 #4057D9 #D940A4

square

#D9C240 #40D975 #4057D9 #D940A4

split-complementary

#D9C240 #40A4D9 #7540D9

monochromatic

#84741A #B7A124 #D9C240 #E3D273 #EDE3A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#D9C240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.74

#D9C240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C240

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C240	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)

#D5BD2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC548

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 194, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.146 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d47d',
    500: '#d9c240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c240;
$custom-light: #e9d47d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.98,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81085,
    "c": 0.14634,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.53705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C240

secondary

#32408B

accent

#58EA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C240

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

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