#D9C448#D9C448

#D9C448 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.142 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C448
RGB	rgb(217, 196, 72)
HSL	hsl(51, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(51, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 66.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.87, -6.57, 62.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.87, 62.78, 96.01°)
OKLab	oklab(81.56% -0.0237 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(81.56% 0.142 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.5271, 54.7017, 14.0793)
Luminance	0.5470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C448 #485DD9

analogous

#D97C48 #D9C448 #A6D948

triadic

#D9C448 #48D9C4 #C448D9

tetradic

#D9C448 #48D97C #485DD9 #D948A6

square

#D9C448 #48D97C #485DD9 #D948A6

split-complementary

#D9C448 #48A6D9 #7C48D9

monochromatic

#8A7A1D #BDA727 #D9C448 #E4D47B #EEE5AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#D9C448 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.94

#D9C448 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C448

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C448	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C448	1.00	1.76	11.94	11.94
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC74F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c448;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 196, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.142 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d581',
    500: '#d9c448',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c448;
$custom-light: #e8d581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c448",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.31,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81561,
    "c": 0.14247,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C448

secondary

#354290

accent

#58E93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C448

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

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