#D9C549#D9C549

#D9C549 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.143 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C549
RGB	rgb(217, 197, 73)
HSL	hsl(52, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 66.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.14, -7.02, 62.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.14, 62.70, 96.43°)
OKLab	oklab(81.78% -0.0249 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(81.78% 0.143 100)
XYZ	xyz(49.7863, 55.1675, 14.3280)
Luminance	0.5516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C549 #495DD9

analogous

#D97D49 #D9C549 #A5D949

triadic

#D9C549 #49D9C5 #C549D9

tetradic

#D9C549 #49D97D #495DD9 #D949A5

square

#D9C549 #49D97D #495DD9 #D949A5

split-complementary

#D9C549 #49A5D9 #7D49D9

monochromatic

#8B7B1D #BDA828 #D9C549 #E4D57C #EEE5AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#D9C549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#D9C549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C549

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C549	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)

#D7C039

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC750

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 197, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.143 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d682',
    500: '#d9c549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c549;
$custom-light: #e8d682;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.667,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81776,
    "c": 0.14256,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.55165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C549

secondary

#364291

accent

#57E83F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C549

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

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