#D9C442#D9C442

#D9C442 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.147 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C442
RGB	rgb(217, 196, 66)
HSL	hsl(52, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(52, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 69.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.83, -6.89, 64.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.83, 65.13, 96.07°)
OKLab	oklab(81.51% -0.0252 0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(81.51% 0.147 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.3408, 54.6272, 13.0983)
Luminance	0.5463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C442 #4257D9

analogous

#D97942 #D9C442 #A2D942

triadic

#D9C442 #42D9C4 #C442D9

tetradic

#D9C442 #42D979 #4257D9 #D942A2

square

#D9C442 #42D979 #4257D9 #D942A2

split-complementary

#D9C442 #42A2D9 #7942D9

monochromatic

#86771B #B9A425 #D9C442 #E3D475 #EDE4A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#D9C442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.93

#D9C442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C442

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C442	1.00	1.76	11.93	11.93
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC74A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 196, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.147 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d57e',
    500: '#d9c442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c442;
$custom-light: #e8d57e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.656,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81513,
    "c": 0.1466,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C442

secondary

#333F8C

accent

#56E93E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C442

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

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