#D9C63C#D9C63C

#D9C63C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.152 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C63C
RGB	rgb(217, 198, 60)
HSL	hsl(53, 67%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 72.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.31, -8.20, 67.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.31, 67.97, 96.93°)
OKLab	oklab(81.88% -0.0296 0.1491)
OKLCH	oklch(81.88% 0.152 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.6272, 55.4684, 12.3665)
Luminance	0.5547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C63C #3C4FD9

analogous

#D9783C #D9C63C #9ED93C

triadic

#D9C63C #3CD9C6 #C63CD9

tetradic

#D9C63C #3CD978 #3C4FD9 #D93C9E

square

#D9C63C #3CD978 #3C4FD9 #D93C9E

split-complementary

#D9C63C #3C9ED9 #783CD9

monochromatic

#817519 #B5A323 #D9C63C #E3D56F #EDE4A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#D9C63C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.09

#D9C63C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C63C

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C63C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C63C	1.00	1.74	12.09	12.09
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C024

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC845

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c63c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 198, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.152 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d67b',
    500: '#d9c63c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c63c;
$custom-light: #e9d67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c63c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.739,
    "s": 67.382,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81885,
    "c": 0.15197,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C63C

secondary

#313B88

accent

#52EA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C63C

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

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