#D9C644#D9C644

#D9C644 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.147 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C644
RGB	rgb(217, 198, 68)
HSL	hsl(52, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(52, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 68.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.36, -7.81, 64.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.36, 65.00, 96.90°)
OKLab	oklab(81.94% -0.0276 0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(81.94% 0.147 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.8549, 55.5595, 13.5657)
Luminance	0.5556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C644 #4457D9

analogous

#D97B44 #D9C644 #A1D944

triadic

#D9C644 #44D9C6 #C644D9

tetradic

#D9C644 #44D97B #4457D9 #D944A1

square

#D9C644 #44D97B #4457D9 #D944A1

split-complementary

#D9C644 #44A1D9 #7B44D9

monochromatic

#87791B #BAA726 #D9C644 #E3D677 #EEE5AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#D9C644 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#D9C644 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C644

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C644	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C644	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)

#D8C031

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC84C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c644;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 198, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.147 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d67f',
    500: '#d9c644',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c644;
$custom-light: #e8d67f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c644",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.349,
    "s": 66.222,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81943,
    "c": 0.14687,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C644

secondary

#343F8D

accent

#54E93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C644

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

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