#D9C33C#D9C33C

#D9C33C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.150 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C33C
RGB	rgb(217, 195, 60)
HSL	hsl(52, 67%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(52, 72%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 72.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.53, -6.66, 66.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.53, 67.05, 95.70°)
OKLab	oklab(81.26% -0.0252 0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(81.26% 0.15 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.9483, 54.1105, 12.1402)
Luminance	0.5411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C33C #3C52D9

analogous

#D9743C #D9C33C #A1D93C

triadic

#D9C33C #3CD9C3 #C33CD9

tetradic

#D9C33C #3CD974 #3C52D9 #D93CA1

square

#D9C33C #3CD974 #3C52D9 #D93CA1

split-complementary

#D9C33C #3CA1D9 #743CD9

monochromatic

#817319 #B5A023 #D9C33C #E3D36F #EDE3A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#D9C33C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#D9C33C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C33C

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C33C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C33C	1.00	1.78	11.82	11.82
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BE25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC645

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c33c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 195, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.150 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d47b',
    500: '#d9c33c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c33c;
$custom-light: #e9d47b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c33c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.592,
    "s": 67.382,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81263,
    "c": 0.14961,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C33C

secondary

#313D88

accent

#56EA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C33C

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

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