#D9C545#D9C545

#D9C545 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.145 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C545
RGB	rgb(217, 197, 69)
HSL	hsl(52, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(52, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 68.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.11, -7.24, 63.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.11, 64.29, 96.47°)
OKLab	oklab(81.74% -0.0259 0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(81.74% 0.145 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.6579, 55.1161, 13.6519)
Luminance	0.5511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C545 #4559D9

analogous

#D97B45 #D9C545 #A3D945

triadic

#D9C545 #45D9C5 #C545D9

tetradic

#D9C545 #45D97B #4559D9 #D945A3

square

#D9C545 #45D97B #4559D9 #D945A3

split-complementary

#D9C545 #45A3D9 #7B45D9

monochromatic

#88791C #BBA726 #D9C545 #E3D578 #EEE5AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#D9C545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#D9C545 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C545

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C545	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)

#D7C033

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC74D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 197, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.145 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d680',
    500: '#d9c545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c545;
$custom-light: #e8d680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.892,
    "s": 66.071,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81744,
    "c": 0.14538,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C545

secondary

#34408E

accent

#56E93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C545

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

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