#D9C44A#D9C44A

#D9C44A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.141 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C44A
RGB	rgb(217, 196, 74)
HSL	hsl(51, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 65.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.88, -6.45, 61.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.88, 61.97, 95.98°)
OKLab	oklab(81.58% -0.0231 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(81.58% 0.141 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.5934, 54.7282, 14.4286)
Luminance	0.5473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C44A #4A5FD9

analogous

#D97D4A #D9C44A #A6D94A

triadic

#D9C44A #4AD9C4 #C44AD9

tetradic

#D9C44A #4AD97D #4A5FD9 #D94AA6

square

#D9C44A #4AD97D #4A5FD9 #D94AA6

split-complementary

#D9C44A #4AA6D9 #7D4AD9

monochromatic

#8B7B1D #BEA828 #D9C44A #E4D47D #EEE5AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#D9C44A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.95

#D9C44A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C44A

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C44A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C44A	1.00	1.76	11.95	11.95
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC751

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c44a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 196, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.141 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d582',
    500: '#d9c44a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c44a;
$custom-light: #e8d582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c44a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.189,
    "s": 65.297,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81578,
    "c": 0.14102,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C44A

secondary

#364391

accent

#58E840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C44A

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

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