#D9C446#D9C446

#D9C446 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.144 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C446
RGB	rgb(217, 196, 70)
HSL	hsl(51, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 67.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.85, -6.68, 63.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.85, 63.57, 96.03°)
OKLab	oklab(81.55% -0.0242 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(81.55% 0.144 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.4629, 54.6760, 13.7413)
Luminance	0.5467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C446 #465BD9

analogous

#D97B46 #D9C446 #A4D946

triadic

#D9C446 #46D9C4 #C446D9

tetradic

#D9C446 #46D97B #465BD9 #D946A4

square

#D9C446 #46D97B #465BD9 #D946A4

split-complementary

#D9C446 #46A4D9 #7B46D9

monochromatic

#89791C #BBA626 #D9C446 #E3D479 #EEE4AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#D9C446 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.93

#D9C446 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C446

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C446	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C446	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)

#D6BF35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC74D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c446;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 196, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.144 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d580',
    500: '#d9c446',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c446;
$custom-light: #e8d580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c446",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 65.919,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81545,
    "c": 0.14388,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C446

secondary

#35418F

accent

#57E93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C446

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

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