#D9C44F#D9C44F

#D9C44F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.137 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C44F
RGB	rgb(217, 196, 79)
HSL	hsl(51, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 63.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.92, -6.16, 59.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.92, 59.89, 95.90°)
OKLab	oklab(81.62% -0.0217 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(81.62% 0.137 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.7686, 54.7983, 15.3512)
Luminance	0.5480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C44F #4F64D9

analogous

#D97F4F #D9C44F #A9D94F

triadic

#D9C44F #4FD9C4 #C44FD9

tetradic

#D9C44F #4FD97F #4F64D9 #D94FA9

square

#D9C44F #4FD97F #4F64D9 #D94FA9

split-complementary

#D9C44F #4FA9D9 #7F4FD9

monochromatic

#8F7E1F #C1AA2A #D9C44F #E4D581 #EFE6B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#D9C44F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#D9C44F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C44F

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C44F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C44F	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)

#D6BF41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC755

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c44f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 196, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.137 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d585',
    500: '#d9c44f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c44f;
$custom-light: #e8d585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c44f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.87,
    "s": 64.486,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81623,
    "c": 0.13725,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C44F

secondary

#384694

accent

#5AE740

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C44F

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

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