#D9C444#D9C444

#D9C444 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.145 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C444
RGB	rgb(217, 196, 68)
HSL	hsl(52, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(52, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 68.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.84, -6.78, 64.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.84, 64.36, 96.05°)
OKLab	oklab(81.53% -0.0247 0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(81.53% 0.145 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.4008, 54.6512, 13.4143)
Luminance	0.5465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C444 #4459D9

analogous

#D97944 #D9C444 #A3D944

triadic

#D9C444 #44D9C4 #C444D9

tetradic

#D9C444 #44D979 #4459D9 #D944A3

square

#D9C444 #44D979 #4459D9 #D944A3

split-complementary

#D9C444 #44A3D9 #7944D9

monochromatic

#87781B #BAA526 #D9C444 #E3D477 #EEE4AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#D9C444 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.93

#D9C444 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C444

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C444	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C444	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)

#D6BF32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC74C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c444;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 196, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.145 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d57f',
    500: '#d9c444',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c444;
$custom-light: #e8d57f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c444",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.544,
    "s": 66.222,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81529,
    "c": 0.14526,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C444

secondary

#34408D

accent

#57E93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C444

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

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