#D9C542#D9C542

#D9C542 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.147 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C542
RGB	rgb(217, 197, 66)
HSL	hsl(52, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(52, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 69.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.09, -7.40, 65.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.09, 65.44, 96.49°)
OKLab	oklab(81.72% -0.0267 0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(81.72% 0.147 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.5671, 55.0798, 13.1738)
Luminance	0.5508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C542 #4256D9

analogous

#D97942 #D9C542 #A1D942

triadic

#D9C542 #42D9C5 #C542D9

tetradic

#D9C542 #42D979 #4256D9 #D942A1

square

#D9C542 #42D979 #4256D9 #D942A1

split-complementary

#D9C542 #42A1D9 #7942D9

monochromatic

#86781B #B9A525 #D9C542 #E3D575 #EDE4A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#D9C542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#D9C542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C542

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C542	1.00	1.75	12.02	12.02
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC74A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 197, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.147 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d67e',
    500: '#d9c542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c542;
$custom-light: #e8d67e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.053,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8172,
    "c": 0.1474,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C542

secondary

#333F8C

accent

#55E93E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C542

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

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