#D9C546#D9C546

#D9C546 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.145 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C546
RGB	rgb(217, 197, 70)
HSL	hsl(52, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(52, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 67.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.12, -7.19, 63.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.12, 63.90, 96.46°)
OKLab	oklab(81.75% -0.0257 0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(81.75% 0.145 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.6892, 55.1287, 13.8167)
Luminance	0.5513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C546 #465AD9

analogous

#D97C46 #D9C546 #A4D946

triadic

#D9C546 #46D9C5 #C546D9

tetradic

#D9C546 #46D97C #465AD9 #D946A4

square

#D9C546 #46D97C #465AD9 #D946A4

split-complementary

#D9C546 #46A4D9 #7C46D9

monochromatic

#897A1C #BBA726 #D9C546 #E3D579 #EEE5AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#D9C546 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#D9C546 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C546

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C546	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C546	1.00	1.75	12.03	12.03
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C034

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC74D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c546;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 197, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.145 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d680',
    500: '#d9c546',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c546;
$custom-light: #e8d680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c546",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.837,
    "s": 65.919,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81752,
    "c": 0.1447,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C546

secondary

#35418F

accent

#56E93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C546

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

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