#D9C449#D9C449

#D9C449 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.142 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C449
RGB	rgb(217, 196, 73)
HSL	hsl(51, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 66.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.88, -6.51, 62.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.88, 62.37, 95.99°)
OKLab	oklab(81.57% -0.0234 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(81.57% 0.142 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.5600, 54.7149, 14.2525)
Luminance	0.5471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C449 #495ED9

analogous

#D97C49 #D9C449 #A6D949

triadic

#D9C449 #49D9C4 #C449D9

tetradic

#D9C449 #49D97C #495ED9 #D949A6

square

#D9C449 #49D97C #495ED9 #D949A6

split-complementary

#D9C449 #49A6D9 #7C49D9

monochromatic

#8B7B1D #BDA728 #D9C449 #E4D47C #EEE5AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#D9C449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.94

#D9C449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C449

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C449	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)

#D6BF39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC750

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 196, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.142 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d582',
    500: '#d9c449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c449;
$custom-light: #e8d582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.25,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8157,
    "c": 0.14175,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C449

secondary

#364391

accent

#58E83F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C449

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

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