#D9C242#D9C242

#D9C242 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.145 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C242
RGB	rgb(217, 194, 66)
HSL	hsl(51, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 69.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.30, -5.86, 64.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.30, 64.51, 95.21°)
OKLab	oklab(81.1% -0.0223 0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(81.1% 0.145 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.8927, 53.7310, 12.9490)
Luminance	0.5373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C242 #4259D9

analogous

#D97642 #D9C242 #A4D942

triadic

#D9C242 #42D9C2 #C242D9

tetradic

#D9C242 #42D976 #4259D9 #D942A4

square

#D9C242 #42D976 #4259D9 #D942A4

split-complementary

#D9C242 #42A4D9 #7642D9

monochromatic

#86751B #B9A225 #D9C242 #E3D275 #EDE3A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#D9C242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#D9C242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C242

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C242	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BD2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC54A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 194, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.145 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d47e',
    500: '#d9c242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c242;
$custom-light: #e8d47e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.861,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.811,
    "c": 0.14504,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C242

secondary

#33418C

accent

#58E93E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C242

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

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