#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
RGB	rgb(217, 196, 78)
HSL	hsl(51, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 64.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.92, -6.22, 59.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.92, 60.31, 95.92°)
OKLab	oklab(81.61% -0.022 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(81.61% 0.138 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.7325, 54.7839, 15.1610)
Luminance	0.5478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##D9C44E	1.00	1.76	11.96	11.96
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #D9C44E

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

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