#D9C243#D9C243

#D9C243 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.144 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C243
RGB	rgb(217, 194, 67)
HSL	hsl(51, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(51, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 69.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.31, -5.81, 63.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.31, 64.12, 95.20°)
OKLab	oklab(81.11% -0.0221 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(81.11% 0.144 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.9225, 53.7429, 13.1056)
Luminance	0.5374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C243 #435AD9

analogous

#D97743 #D9C243 #A5D943

triadic

#D9C243 #43D9C2 #C243D9

tetradic

#D9C243 #43D977 #435AD9 #D943A5

square

#D9C243 #43D977 #435AD9 #D943A5

split-complementary

#D9C243 #43A5D9 #7743D9

monochromatic

#86761B #B9A325 #D9C243 #E3D376 #EEE3A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#D9C243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#D9C243 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C243

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C243	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)

#D5BD31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC54A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 194, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.144 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d47e',
    500: '#d9c243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c243;
$custom-light: #e8d47e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.8,
    "s": 66.372,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81107,
    "c": 0.14437,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C243

secondary

#33418D

accent

#59E93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C243

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

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