#D9C43D#D9C43D

#D9C43D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.150 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C43D
RGB	rgb(217, 196, 61)
HSL	hsl(52, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(52, 72%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 71.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.79, -7.13, 66.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.79, 66.99, 96.11°)
OKLab	oklab(81.48% -0.0264 0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(81.48% 0.15 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.1998, 54.5708, 12.3557)
Luminance	0.5457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C43D #3D52D9

analogous

#D9763D #D9C43D #A0D93D

triadic

#D9C43D #3DD9C4 #C43DD9

tetradic

#D9C43D #3DD976 #3D52D9 #D93DA0

square

#D9C43D #3DD976 #3D52D9 #D93DA0

split-complementary

#D9C43D #3DA0D9 #763DD9

monochromatic

#827419 #B5A224 #D9C43D #E3D470 #EDE3A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#D9C43D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.91

#D9C43D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C43D

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C43D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C43D	1.00	1.76	11.91	11.91
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC646

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c43d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 196, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.150 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d57b',
    500: '#d9c43d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c43d;
$custom-light: #e9d57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c43d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.923,
    "s": 67.241,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81477,
    "c": 0.14978,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C43D

secondary

#313D89

accent

#55EA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C43D

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

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