#D9C34A#D9C34A

#D9C34A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.140 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C34A
RGB	rgb(217, 195, 74)
HSL	hsl(51, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 65.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.62, -5.94, 61.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.62, 61.64, 95.53°)
OKLab	oklab(81.37% -0.0217 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(81.37% 0.14 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.3686, 54.2786, 14.3536)
Luminance	0.5428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C34A #4A60D9

analogous

#D97B4A #D9C34A #A8D94A

triadic

#D9C34A #4AD9C3 #C34AD9

tetradic

#D9C34A #4AD97B #4A60D9 #D94AA8

square

#D9C34A #4AD97B #4A60D9 #D94AA8

split-complementary

#D9C34A #4AA8D9 #7B4AD9

monochromatic

#8B7A1D #BEA728 #D9C34A #E4D47D #EEE5AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#D9C34A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#D9C34A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C34A

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C34A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C34A	1.00	1.77	11.86	11.86
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC651

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c34a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 195, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.140 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d482',
    500: '#d9c34a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c34a;
$custom-light: #e8d482;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c34a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 65.297,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81372,
    "c": 0.14022,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C34A

secondary

#364491

accent

#59E840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C34A

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

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