#D9C24F#D9C24F

#D9C24F 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	#D9C24F
RGB	rgb(217, 194, 79)
HSL	hsl(50, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 63.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.40, -5.13, 59.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.40, 59.23, 94.96°)
OKLab	oklab(81.21% -0.0188 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(81.21% 0.136 98)
XYZ	xyz(49.3205, 53.9021, 15.2019)
Luminance	0.5390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C24F #4F66D9

analogous

#D97D4F #D9C24F #ABD94F

triadic

#D9C24F #4FD9C2 #C24FD9

tetradic

#D9C24F #4FD97D #4F66D9 #D94FAB

square

#D9C24F #4FD97D #4F66D9 #D94FAB

split-complementary

#D9C24F #4FABD9 #7D4FD9

monochromatic

#8F7C1F #C1A82A #D9C24F #E4D381 #EFE5B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#D9C24F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#D9C24F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C24F

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C24F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C24F	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)

#D4BD41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC555

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c24f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 194, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.136 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d485',
    500: '#d9c24f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c24f;
$custom-light: #e8d485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c24f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 64.486,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81211,
    "c": 0.13563,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C24F

secondary

#384794

accent

#5CE740

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C24F

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

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