#D9C340#D9C340

#D9C340 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.147 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C340
RGB	rgb(217, 195, 64)
HSL	hsl(51, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 70.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.55, -6.47, 65.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.55, 65.57, 95.67°)
OKLab	oklab(81.29% -0.0243 0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(81.29% 0.147 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.0581, 54.1544, 12.7183)
Luminance	0.5415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C340 #4056D9

analogous

#D97740 #D9C340 #A2D940

triadic

#D9C340 #40D9C3 #C340D9

tetradic

#D9C340 #40D977 #4056D9 #D940A2

square

#D9C340 #40D977 #4056D9 #D940A2

split-complementary

#D9C340 #40A2D9 #7740D9

monochromatic

#84751A #B7A224 #D9C340 #E3D373 #EDE3A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#D9C340 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#D9C340 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C340

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C340	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C340	1.00	1.78	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BE2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC648

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c340;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 195, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.147 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d47d',
    500: '#d9c340',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c340;
$custom-light: #e9d47d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c340",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.373,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81291,
    "c": 0.14712,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C340

secondary

#323F8B

accent

#57EA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C340

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

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