#D9C44D#D9C44D

#D9C44D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.139 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C44D
RGB	rgb(217, 196, 77)
HSL	hsl(51, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 64.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.91, -6.28, 60.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.91, 60.73, 95.93°)
OKLab	oklab(81.61% -0.0223 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(81.61% 0.139 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.6969, 54.7696, 14.9736)
Luminance	0.5477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C44D #4D62D9

analogous

#D97E4D #D9C44D #A8D94D

triadic

#D9C44D #4DD9C4 #C44DD9

tetradic

#D9C44D #4DD97E #4D62D9 #D94DA8

square

#D9C44D #4DD97E #4D62D9 #D94DA8

split-complementary

#D9C44D #4DA8D9 #7E4DD9

monochromatic

#8D7D1E #C0A929 #D9C44D #E4D57F #EFE5B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#D9C44D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.95

#D9C44D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C44D

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C44D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C44D	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)

#D6BF3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC753

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c44d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 196, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.139 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d584',
    500: '#d9c44d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c44d;
$custom-light: #e8d584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c44d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 64.815,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81605,
    "c": 0.13878,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C44D

secondary

#374593

accent

#59E840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C44D

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

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