#D9C349#D9C349

#D9C349 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.141 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C349
RGB	rgb(217, 195, 73)
HSL	hsl(51, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 66.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.62, -6.00, 61.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.62, 62.05, 95.55°)
OKLab	oklab(81.36% -0.0219 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(81.36% 0.141 99)
XYZ	xyz(49.3352, 54.2652, 14.1776)
Luminance	0.5426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C349 #495FD9

analogous

#D97B49 #D9C349 #A7D949

triadic

#D9C349 #49D9C3 #C349D9

tetradic

#D9C349 #49D97B #495FD9 #D949A7

square

#D9C349 #49D97B #495FD9 #D949A7

split-complementary

#D9C349 #49A7D9 #7B49D9

monochromatic

#8B7A1D #BDA628 #D9C349 #E4D47C #EEE4AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#D9C349 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#D9C349 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C349

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C349	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C349	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)

#D5BE39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC650

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c349;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 195, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.141 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d482',
    500: '#d9c349',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c349;
$custom-light: #e8d482;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c349",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.833,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81363,
    "c": 0.14095,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.54263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C349

secondary

#364491

accent

#59E83F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C349

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

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