#D9C642#D9C642

#D9C642 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.148 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C642
RGB	rgb(217, 198, 66)
HSL	hsl(52, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(52, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 69.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.35, -7.91, 65.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.35, 65.76, 96.91°)
OKLab	oklab(81.93% -0.0281 0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(81.93% 0.148 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.7949, 55.5355, 13.2497)
Luminance	0.5553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C642 #4255D9

analogous

#D97A42 #D9C642 #A1D942

triadic

#D9C642 #42D9C6 #C642D9

tetradic

#D9C642 #42D97A #4255D9 #D942A1

square

#D9C642 #42D97A #4255D9 #D942A1

split-complementary

#D9C642 #42A1D9 #7A42D9

monochromatic

#86781B #B9A625 #D9C642 #E3D575 #EDE5A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#D9C642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#D9C642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C642

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C642	1.00	1.73	12.11	12.11
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C02E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC84A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 198, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.148 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d67e',
    500: '#d9c642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c642;
$custom-light: #e8d67e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.45,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81928,
    "c": 0.14821,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C642

secondary

#333E8C

accent

#54E93E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C642

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

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