#D9C342#D9C342

#D9C342 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 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C342
RGB	rgb(217, 195, 66)
HSL	hsl(51, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 69.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.57, -6.37, 64.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.57, 64.82, 95.64°)
OKLab	oklab(81.31% -0.0238 0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(81.31% 0.146 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.1160, 54.1776, 13.0234)
Luminance	0.5417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C342 #4258D9

analogous

#D97742 #D9C342 #A4D942

triadic

#D9C342 #42D9C3 #C342D9

tetradic

#D9C342 #42D977 #4258D9 #D942A4

square

#D9C342 #42D977 #4258D9 #D942A4

split-complementary

#D9C342 #42A4D9 #7742D9

monochromatic

#86761B #B9A325 #D9C342 #E3D375 #EDE3A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#D9C342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#D9C342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C342

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C342	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)

#D6BE2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC64A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 195, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.146 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d47e',
    500: '#d9c342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c342;
$custom-light: #e8d47e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.258,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81306,
    "c": 0.14581,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C342

secondary

#33408C

accent

#57E93E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C342

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

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