#D9C45A#D9C45A

#D9C45A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.128 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C45A
RGB	rgb(217, 196, 90)
HSL	hsl(50, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(50, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 58.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.03, -5.42, 54.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.03, 55.08, 95.65°)
OKLab	oklab(81.74% -0.0183 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(81.74% 0.128 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.2026, 54.9719, 17.6371)
Luminance	0.5497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C45A #5A6FD9

analogous

#D9855A #D9C45A #AED95A

triadic

#D9C45A #5AD9C4 #C45AD9

tetradic

#D9C45A #5AD985 #5A6FD9 #D95AAE

square

#D9C45A #5AD985 #5A6FD9 #D95AAE

split-complementary

#D9C45A #5AAED9 #855AD9

monochromatic

#968323 #C8AE2E #D9C45A #E4D68C #F0E8BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#D9C45A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.99

#D9C45A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C45A

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C45A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C45A	1.00	1.75	11.99	11.99
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8B7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c45a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 196, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.128 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d58c',
    500: '#d9c45a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c45a;
$custom-light: #e8d58c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c45a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.079,
    "s": 62.562,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81735,
    "c": 0.12819,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C45A

secondary

#3C4C9B

accent

#38CA1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C45A

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

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