#D9C640#D9C640

#D9C640 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.150 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C640
RGB	rgb(217, 198, 64)
HSL	hsl(53, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(53, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 70.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.34, -8.01, 66.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.34, 66.51, 96.92°)
OKLab	oklab(81.91% -0.0286 0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(81.91% 0.15 101)
XYZ	xyz(49.7370, 55.5123, 12.9446)
Luminance	0.5551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C640 #4053D9

analogous

#D97940 #D9C640 #9FD940

triadic

#D9C640 #40D9C6 #C640D9

tetradic

#D9C640 #40D979 #4053D9 #D9409F

square

#D9C640 #40D979 #4053D9 #D9409F

split-complementary

#D9C640 #409FD9 #7940D9

monochromatic

#84771A #B7A524 #D9C640 #E3D573 #EDE4A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#D9C640 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.10

#D9C640 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C640

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C640	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C640	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)

#D8C02B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC849

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c640;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 198, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.150 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d67d',
    500: '#d9c640',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c640;
$custom-light: #e9d67d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c640",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.549,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81913,
    "c": 0.14951,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.5551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C640

secondary

#323D8B

accent

#53EA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C640

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

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