#D9C246#D9C246

#D9C246 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.142 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C246
RGB	rgb(217, 194, 70)
HSL	hsl(51, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 67.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.33, -5.65, 62.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.33, 62.94, 95.15°)
OKLab	oklab(81.13% -0.0213 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(81.13% 0.142 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.0148, 53.7798, 13.5919)
Luminance	0.5378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C246 #465DD9

analogous

#D97946 #D9C246 #A7D946

triadic

#D9C246 #46D9C2 #C246D9

tetradic

#D9C246 #46D979 #465DD9 #D946A7

square

#D9C246 #46D979 #465DD9 #D946A7

split-complementary

#D9C246 #46A7D9 #7946D9

monochromatic

#89781C #BBA426 #D9C246 #E3D379 #EEE3AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#D9C246 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#D9C246 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C246

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C246	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C246	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC54D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c246;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 194, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.142 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d480',
    500: '#d9c246',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c246;
$custom-light: #e8d480;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c246",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.612,
    "s": 65.919,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81131,
    "c": 0.14231,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C246

secondary

#35438F

accent

#5AE93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C246

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

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