#D9C548#D9C548

#D9C548 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.143 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C548
RGB	rgb(217, 197, 72)
HSL	hsl(52, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(52, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 66.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.13, -7.08, 62.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.13, 63.10, 96.44°)
OKLab	oklab(81.77% -0.0251 0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(81.77% 0.143 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.7534, 55.1543, 14.1548)
Luminance	0.5515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C548 #485CD9

analogous

#D97D48 #D9C548 #A5D948

triadic

#D9C548 #48D9C5 #C548D9

tetradic

#D9C548 #48D97D #485CD9 #D948A5

square

#D9C548 #48D97D #485CD9 #D948A5

split-complementary

#D9C548 #48A5D9 #7D48D9

monochromatic

#8A7B1D #BDA827 #D9C548 #E4D57B #EEE5AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#D9C548 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#D9C548 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C548

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C548	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C548	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)

#D7C037

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC74F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c548;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 197, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.143 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d681',
    500: '#d9c548',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c548;
$custom-light: #e8d681;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c548",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.724,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81768,
    "c": 0.14328,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C548

secondary

#354290

accent

#57E93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C548

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

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