#D9C344#D9C344

#D9C344 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.144 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C344
RGB	rgb(217, 195, 68)
HSL	hsl(51, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(51, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 68.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.58, -6.27, 63.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.58, 64.04, 95.62°)
OKLab	oklab(81.32% -0.0233 0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(81.32% 0.144 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.1760, 54.2016, 13.3394)
Luminance	0.5420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C344 #445AD9

analogous

#D97844 #D9C344 #A4D944

triadic

#D9C344 #44D9C3 #C344D9

tetradic

#D9C344 #44D978 #445AD9 #D944A4

square

#D9C344 #44D978 #445AD9 #D944A4

split-complementary

#D9C344 #44A4D9 #7844D9

monochromatic

#87771B #BAA426 #D9C344 #E3D377 #EEE4AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#D9C344 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#D9C344 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C344

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C344	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C344	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)

#D5BE32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC64B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c344;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 195, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.144 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d47f',
    500: '#d9c344',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c344;
$custom-light: #e8d47f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c344",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.141,
    "s": 66.222,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81322,
    "c": 0.14447,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C344

secondary

#34418D

accent

#58E93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C344

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

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