#D9C63F#D9C63F

#D9C63F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.150 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C63F
RGB	rgb(217, 198, 63)
HSL	hsl(53, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(53, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 71%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.33, -8.06, 66.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.33, 66.88, 96.92°)
OKLab	oklab(81.91% -0.0289 0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(81.91% 0.15 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.7088, 55.5010, 12.7961)
Luminance	0.5550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C63F #3F52D9

analogous

#D9793F #D9C63F #9FD93F

triadic

#D9C63F #3FD9C6 #C63FD9

tetradic

#D9C63F #3FD979 #3F52D9 #D93F9F

square

#D9C63F #3FD979 #3F52D9 #D93F9F

split-complementary

#D9C63F #3F9FD9 #793FD9

monochromatic

#84771A #B7A524 #D9C63F #E3D572 #EDE4A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#D9C63F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.10

#D9C63F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C63F

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C63F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C63F	1.00	1.74	12.10	12.10
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C029

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC848

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c63f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 198, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.150 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d67c',
    500: '#d9c63f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c63f;
$custom-light: #e9d67c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c63f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.597,
    "s": 66.957,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81906,
    "c": 0.15013,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C63F

secondary

#323D8A

accent

#53EA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C63F

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

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