#D9C441#D9C441

#D9C441 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.147 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C441
RGB	rgb(217, 196, 65)
HSL	hsl(52, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(52, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 70%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.82, -6.94, 65.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.82, 65.51, 96.08°)
OKLab	oklab(81.51% -0.0255 0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(81.51% 0.147 100)
XYZ	xyz(49.3116, 54.6155, 12.9444)
Luminance	0.5461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C441 #4156D9

analogous

#D97841 #D9C441 #A2D941

triadic

#D9C441 #41D9C4 #C441D9

tetradic

#D9C441 #41D978 #4156D9 #D941A2

square

#D9C441 #41D978 #4156D9 #D941A2

split-complementary

#D9C441 #41A2D9 #7841D9

monochromatic

#85761B #B8A425 #D9C441 #E3D474 #EDE4A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#D9C441 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.92

#D9C441 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C441

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C441	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C441	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)

#D6BF2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC749

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c441;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 196, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.147 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d57d',
    500: '#d9c441',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c441;
$custom-light: #e9d57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c441",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.711,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81506,
    "c": 0.14725,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.54613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C441

secondary

#333F8B

accent

#56EA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C441

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

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