#D9C641#D9C641

#D9C641 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.149 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C641
RGB	rgb(217, 198, 65)
HSL	hsl(53, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(53, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 70%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.34, -7.96, 65.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.34, 66.14, 96.91°)
OKLab	oklab(81.92% -0.0284 0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(81.92% 0.149 101)
XYZ	xyz(49.7657, 55.5238, 13.0958)
Luminance	0.5552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C641 #4154D9

analogous

#D97A41 #D9C641 #A0D941

triadic

#D9C641 #41D9C6 #C641D9

tetradic

#D9C641 #41D97A #4154D9 #D941A0

square

#D9C641 #41D97A #4154D9 #D941A0

split-complementary

#D9C641 #41A0D9 #7A41D9

monochromatic

#85781B #B8A625 #D9C641 #E3D574 #EDE5A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#D9C641 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.10

#D9C641 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C641

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C641	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C641	1.00	1.73	12.10	12.10
#FFFFFF	1.73	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)

#D8C02D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC849

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c641;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 198, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.149 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d67e',
    500: '#d9c641',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c641;
$custom-light: #e8d67e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c641",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8192,
    "c": 0.14886,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.55522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C641

secondary

#333E8B

accent

#54EA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C641

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

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