#D9C54B#D9C54B

#D9C54B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.141 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C54B
RGB	rgb(217, 197, 75)
HSL	hsl(52, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(52, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 65.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.15, -6.91, 61.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.15, 61.88, 96.41°)
OKLab	oklab(81.79% -0.0243 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(81.79% 0.141 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.8537, 55.1944, 14.6828)
Luminance	0.5519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C54B #4B5FD9

analogous

#D97E4B #D9C54B #A6D94B

triadic

#D9C54B #4BD9C5 #C54BD9

tetradic

#D9C54B #4BD97E #4B5FD9 #D94BA6

square

#D9C54B #4BD97E #4B5FD9 #D94BA6

split-complementary

#D9C54B #4BA6D9 #7E4BD9

monochromatic

#8C7C1E #BFA928 #D9C54B #E4D57E #EEE6B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#D9C54B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#D9C54B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C54B

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C54B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C54B	1.00	1.74	12.04	12.04
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C03C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC752

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c54b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 197, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.141 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d683',
    500: '#d9c54b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c54b;
$custom-light: #e8d683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c54b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.549,
    "s": 65.138,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81794,
    "c": 0.1411,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C54B

secondary

#364392

accent

#57E840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C54B

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

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