#D9C261#D9C261

#D9C261 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.120 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C261
RGB	rgb(217, 194, 97)
HSL	hsl(49, 61%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 55%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 55.3%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.58, -3.86, 51.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.58, 51.19, 94.32°)
OKLab	oklab(81.41% -0.013 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(81.41% 0.12 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.0666, 54.2005, 19.1315)
Luminance	0.5420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C261 #6178D9

analogous

#D98661 #D9C261 #B4D961

triadic

#D9C261 #61D9C2 #C261D9

tetradic

#D9C261 #61D986 #6178D9 #D961B4

square

#D9C261 #61D986 #6178D9 #D961B4

split-complementary

#D9C261 #61B4D9 #8661D9

monochromatic

#9A8425 #CCAE31 #D9C261 #E5D592 #F1E8C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#D9C261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#D9C261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C261

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C261	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BE58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C665

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 194, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.120 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d491',
    500: '#d9c261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c261;
$custom-light: #e7d491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.5,
    "s": 61.224,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81405,
    "c": 0.12026,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C261

secondary

#3F529F

accent

#3EC91D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C261

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

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