#D9C440#D9C440

#D9C440 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.148 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C440
RGB	rgb(217, 196, 64)
HSL	hsl(52, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 70.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.81, -6.99, 65.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.81, 65.88, 96.09°)
OKLab	oklab(81.5% -0.0257 0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(81.5% 0.148 100)
XYZ	xyz(49.2829, 54.6040, 12.7932)
Luminance	0.5460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C440 #4055D9

analogous

#D97840 #D9C440 #A1D940

triadic

#D9C440 #40D9C4 #C440D9

tetradic

#D9C440 #40D978 #4055D9 #D940A1

square

#D9C440 #40D978 #4055D9 #D940A1

split-complementary

#D9C440 #40A1D9 #7840D9

monochromatic

#84761A #B7A324 #D9C440 #E3D473 #EDE4A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#D9C440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.92

#D9C440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C440

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C440	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)

#D7BF2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC748

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 196, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.148 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d57d',
    500: '#d9c440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c440;
$custom-light: #e9d57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.765,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81498,
    "c": 0.1479,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.54602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C440

secondary

#323F8B

accent

#56EA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C440

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

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