#D9C348#D9C348

#D9C348 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.142 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C348
RGB	rgb(217, 195, 72)
HSL	hsl(51, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(51, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 66.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.61, -6.05, 62.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.61, 62.46, 95.56°)
OKLab	oklab(81.35% -0.0222 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(81.35% 0.142 99)
XYZ	xyz(49.3023, 54.2521, 14.0044)
Luminance	0.5425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C348 #485ED9

analogous

#D97B48 #D9C348 #A6D948

triadic

#D9C348 #48D9C3 #C348D9

tetradic

#D9C348 #48D97B #485ED9 #D948A6

square

#D9C348 #48D97B #485ED9 #D948A6

split-complementary

#D9C348 #48A6D9 #7B48D9

monochromatic

#8A791D #BDA627 #D9C348 #E4D47B #EEE4AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#D9C348 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#D9C348 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C348

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C348	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C348	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC64F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c348;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 195, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.142 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d481',
    500: '#d9c348',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c348;
$custom-light: #e8d481;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c348",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.897,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81354,
    "c": 0.14167,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.5425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C348

secondary

#354390

accent

#59E93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C348

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

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