#D9C24A#D9C24A

#D9C24A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.139 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C24A
RGB	rgb(217, 194, 74)
HSL	hsl(50, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 65.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.36, -5.43, 61.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.36, 61.32, 95.08°)
OKLab	oklab(81.16% -0.0202 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(81.16% 0.139 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.1453, 53.8320, 14.2792)
Luminance	0.5383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C24A #4A61D9

analogous

#D97B4A #D9C24A #A8D94A

triadic

#D9C24A #4AD9C2 #C24AD9

tetradic

#D9C24A #4AD97B #4A61D9 #D94AA8

square

#D9C24A #4AD97B #4A61D9 #D94AA8

split-complementary

#D9C24A #4AA8D9 #7B4AD9

monochromatic

#8B7A1D #BEA628 #D9C24A #E4D37D #EEE4AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#D9C24A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#D9C24A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C24A

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C24A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C24A	1.00	1.78	11.77	11.77
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC551

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c24a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 194, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.139 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d482',
    500: '#d9c24a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c24a;
$custom-light: #e8d482;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c24a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.35,
    "s": 65.297,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81165,
    "c": 0.13943,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C24A

secondary

#364591

accent

#5BE840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C24A

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

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