#D9C44E#D9C44E

#D9C44E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.138 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#D9C44E
RGBrgb(217, 196, 78)
HSLhsl(51, 65%, 58%)
HSVhsv(51, 64%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 9.7%, 64.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(78.92, -6.22, 59.99)
CIE-LCHlch(78.92, 60.31, 95.92°)
OKLaboklab(81.61% -0.022 0.1363)
OKLCHoklch(81.61% 0.138 99.2)
XYZxyz(49.7325, 54.7839, 15.1610)
Luminance0.5478 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#D9C44E #4E63D9
analogous
#D97E4E #D9C44E #A9D94E
triadic
#D9C44E #4ED9C4 #C44ED9
tetradic
#D9C44E #4ED97E #4E63D9 #D94EA9
square
#D9C44E #4ED97E #4E63D9 #D94EA9
split-complementary
#D9C44E #4EA9D9 #7E4ED9
monochromatic
#8E7D1F #C0AA29 #D9C44E #E4D580 #EFE6B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76
#D9C44E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96
#D9C44E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C44E
11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##D9C44E#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##D9C44E1.001.7611.9611.96
#FFFFFF1.761.0021.0021.00
#00000011.9621.001.001.00
##00000011.9621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D6BF40
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DCC754
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#E9B7AB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #d9c44e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 196, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.138 99.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d585',
    500: '#d9c44e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #d9c44e;
$custom-light: #e8d585;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#d9c44e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.935,
    "s": 64.651,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81614,
    "c": 0.13801,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#D9C44E
secondary
#384694
accent
#59E840
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FEFBF2
border
#D6D4CC
text
#16140B
muted
#85837E

Preview Lab

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#D9C44E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva