#D9C35F#D9C35F

#D9C35F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.123 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C35F
RGB	rgb(217, 195, 95)
HSL	hsl(49, 62%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 56%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 56.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.82, -4.53, 52.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.82, 52.46, 94.96°)
OKLab	oklab(81.59% -0.0152 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(81.59% 0.123 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.1978, 54.6103, 18.7210)
Luminance	0.5461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C35F #5F75D9

analogous

#D9865F #D9C35F #B2D95F

triadic

#D9C35F #5FD9C3 #C35FD9

tetradic

#D9C35F #5FD986 #5F75D9 #D95FB2

square

#D9C35F #5FD986 #5F75D9 #D95FB2

split-complementary

#D9C35F #5FB2D9 #865FD9

monochromatic

#998424 #CBAF30 #D9C35F #E5D690 #F0E8C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#D9C35F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.92

#D9C35F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C35F

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C35F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C35F	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)

#D4BF55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC664

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8B6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c35f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 195, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.123 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d48f',
    500: '#d9c35f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c35f;
$custom-light: #e7d48f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c35f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.18,
    "s": 61.616,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81586,
    "c": 0.12291,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C35F

secondary

#3F509E

accent

#3BC91C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C35F

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

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