#D9C450#D9C450

#D9C450 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.136 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C450
RGB	rgb(217, 196, 80)
HSL	hsl(51, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 63.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.93, -6.09, 59.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.93, 59.46, 95.88°)
OKLab	oklab(81.63% -0.0214 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(81.63% 0.136 99)
XYZ	xyz(49.8053, 54.8130, 15.5444)
Luminance	0.5481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C450 #5065D9

analogous

#D97F50 #D9C450 #A9D950

triadic

#D9C450 #50D9C4 #C450D9

tetradic

#D9C450 #50D97F #5065D9 #D950A9

square

#D9C450 #50D97F #5065D9 #D950A9

split-complementary

#D9C450 #50A9D9 #7F50D9

monochromatic

#8F7E1F #C2AA2A #D9C450 #E4D582 #EFE6B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#D9C450 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#D9C450 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C450

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C450	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C450	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)

#D6BF42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC756

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c450;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 196, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.136 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d586',
    500: '#d9c450',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c450;
$custom-light: #e8d586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c450",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.803,
    "s": 64.319,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81633,
    "c": 0.13646,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.54811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C450

secondary

#384795

accent

#5AE740

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C450

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

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