#D9C345#D9C345

#D9C345 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.144 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C345
RGB	rgb(217, 195, 69)
HSL	hsl(51, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 68.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.59, -6.22, 63.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.59, 63.65, 95.61°)
OKLab	oklab(81.33% -0.023 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(81.33% 0.144 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.2068, 54.2139, 13.5015)
Luminance	0.5421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C345 #455BD9

analogous

#D97945 #D9C345 #A5D945

triadic

#D9C345 #45D9C3 #C345D9

tetradic

#D9C345 #45D979 #455BD9 #D945A5

square

#D9C345 #45D979 #455BD9 #D945A5

split-complementary

#D9C345 #45A5D9 #7945D9

monochromatic

#88781C #BBA526 #D9C345 #E3D378 #EEE4AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#D9C345 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#D9C345 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C345

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C345	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C345	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)

#D5BE33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC64C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c345;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 195, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.144 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d47f',
    500: '#d9c345',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c345;
$custom-light: #e8d47f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c345",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.081,
    "s": 66.071,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8133,
    "c": 0.14378,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C345

secondary

#34428E

accent

#58E93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C345

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

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