#D9C35E#D9C35E

#D9C35E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.124 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C35E
RGB	rgb(217, 195, 94)
HSL	hsl(49, 62%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 57%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 56.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.81, -4.61, 52.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.81, 52.92, 95.00°)
OKLab	oklab(81.57% -0.0155 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(81.57% 0.124 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.1527, 54.5922, 18.4831)
Luminance	0.5459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C35E #5E74D9

analogous

#D9855E #D9C35E #B1D95E

triadic

#D9C35E #5ED9C3 #C35ED9

tetradic

#D9C35E #5ED985 #5E74D9 #D95EB1

square

#D9C35E #5ED985 #5E74D9 #D95EB1

split-complementary

#D9C35E #5EB1D9 #855ED9

monochromatic

#998424 #CAAE30 #D9C35E #E5D590 #F0E8C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#D9C35E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.92

#D9C35E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C35E

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C35E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C35E	1.00	1.76	11.92	11.92
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BF54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC663

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c35e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 195, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.124 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d48f',
    500: '#d9c35e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c35e;
$custom-light: #e7d48f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c35e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.268,
    "s": 61.809,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81574,
    "c": 0.12382,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C35E

secondary

#3E4F9D

accent

#3BCA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C35E

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

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