#D9C341#D9C341

#D9C341 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.146 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C341
RGB	rgb(217, 195, 65)
HSL	hsl(51, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 70%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.56, -6.42, 64.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.56, 65.20, 95.65°)
OKLab	oklab(81.3% -0.024 0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(81.3% 0.146 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.0868, 54.1659, 12.8695)
Luminance	0.5416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C341 #4157D9

analogous

#D97741 #D9C341 #A3D941

triadic

#D9C341 #41D9C3 #C341D9

tetradic

#D9C341 #41D977 #4157D9 #D941A3

square

#D9C341 #41D977 #4157D9 #D941A3

split-complementary

#D9C341 #41A3D9 #7741D9

monochromatic

#85761B #B8A325 #D9C341 #E3D374 #EDE3A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#D9C341 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#D9C341 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C341

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C341	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C341	1.00	1.77	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.77	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)

#D6BE2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC649

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c341;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 195, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.146 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d47d',
    500: '#d9c341',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c341;
$custom-light: #e9d47d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c341",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.316,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81299,
    "c": 0.14646,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C341

secondary

#33408B

accent

#57EA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C341

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

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