#D9C54E#D9C54E

#D9C54E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.139 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C54E
RGB	rgb(217, 197, 78)
HSL	hsl(51, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 64.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.18, -6.73, 60.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.18, 60.64, 96.37°)
OKLab	oklab(81.82% -0.0235 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(81.82% 0.139 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.9588, 55.2365, 15.2364)
Luminance	0.5523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C54E #4E62D9

analogous

#D97F4E #D9C54E #A7D94E

triadic

#D9C54E #4ED9C5 #C54ED9

tetradic

#D9C54E #4ED97F #4E62D9 #D94EA7

square

#D9C54E #4ED97F #4E62D9 #D94EA7

split-complementary

#D9C54E #4EA7D9 #7F4ED9

monochromatic

#8E7E1F #C0AB29 #D9C54E #E4D680 #EFE6B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#D9C54E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#D9C54E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C54E

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C54E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C54E	1.00	1.74	12.05	12.05
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C040

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC754

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c54e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 197, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.139 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d685',
    500: '#d9c54e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c54e;
$custom-light: #e8d685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c54e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.367,
    "s": 64.651,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81821,
    "c": 0.13884,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C54E

secondary

#384594

accent

#58E840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C54E

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

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