#D9C45F#D9C45F

#D9C45F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.124 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C45F
RGB	rgb(217, 196, 95)
HSL	hsl(50, 62%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 56%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 56.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.08, -5.05, 52.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.08, 52.81, 95.49°)
OKLab	oklab(81.79% -0.0167 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(81.79% 0.124 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.4226, 55.0599, 18.7959)
Luminance	0.5506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C45F #5F74D9

analogous

#D9875F #D9C45F #B1D95F

triadic

#D9C45F #5FD9C4 #C45FD9

tetradic

#D9C45F #5FD987 #5F74D9 #D95FB1

square

#D9C45F #5FD987 #5F74D9 #D95FB1

split-complementary

#D9C45F #5FB1D9 #875FD9

monochromatic

#998524 #CBB030 #D9C45F #E5D690 #F0E8C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#D9C45F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.01

#D9C45F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C45F

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C45F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C45F	1.00	1.75	12.01	12.01
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C055

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC764

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8B7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c45f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 196, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.124 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d58f',
    500: '#d9c45f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c45f;
$custom-light: #e7d58f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c45f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.672,
    "s": 61.616,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81791,
    "c": 0.12374,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C45F

secondary

#3F4F9E

accent

#3AC91C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C45F

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

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