#D9C24E#D9C24E

#D9C24E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.136 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C24E
RGB	rgb(217, 194, 78)
HSL	hsl(50, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 64.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.40, -5.19, 59.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.40, 59.66, 94.99°)
OKLab	oklab(81.2% -0.019 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(81.2% 0.136 98)
XYZ	xyz(49.2844, 53.8876, 15.0116)
Luminance	0.5389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C24E #4E65D9

analogous

#D97C4E #D9C24E #AAD94E

triadic

#D9C24E #4ED9C2 #C24ED9

tetradic

#D9C24E #4ED97C #4E65D9 #D94EAA

square

#D9C24E #4ED97C #4E65D9 #D94EAA

split-complementary

#D9C24E #4EAAD9 #7C4ED9

monochromatic

#8E7C1F #C0A729 #D9C24E #E4D380 #EFE5B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#D9C24E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#D9C24E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C24E

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C24E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C24E	1.00	1.78	11.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC554

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c24e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 194, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.136 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d485',
    500: '#d9c24e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c24e;
$custom-light: #e8d485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c24e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.072,
    "s": 64.651,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81201,
    "c": 0.13642,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.53885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C24E

secondary

#384794

accent

#5CE840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C24E

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

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