#D9C249#D9C249

#D9C249 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.140 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C249
RGB	rgb(217, 194, 73)
HSL	hsl(50, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 66.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.36, -5.48, 61.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.36, 61.73, 95.10°)
OKLab	oklab(81.16% -0.0205 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(81.16% 0.14 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.1119, 53.8186, 14.1032)
Luminance	0.5382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C249 #4960D9

analogous

#D97A49 #D9C249 #A8D949

triadic

#D9C249 #49D9C2 #C249D9

tetradic

#D9C249 #49D97A #4960D9 #D949A8

square

#D9C249 #49D97A #4960D9 #D949A8

split-complementary

#D9C249 #49A8D9 #7A49D9

monochromatic

#8B791D #BDA528 #D9C249 #E4D37C #EEE4AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#D9C249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#D9C249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C249

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C249	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)

#D4BD39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC550

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 194, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.140 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d482',
    500: '#d9c249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c249;
$custom-light: #e8d482;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.417,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81157,
    "c": 0.14016,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C249

secondary

#364491

accent

#5AE83F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C249

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

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