#D9C646#D9C646

#D9C646 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.146 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C646
RGB	rgb(217, 198, 70)
HSL	hsl(52, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(52, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 67.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.38, -7.70, 63.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.38, 64.22, 96.89°)
OKLab	oklab(81.96% -0.0271 0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(81.96% 0.146 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.9170, 55.5843, 13.8927)
Luminance	0.5558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C646 #4659D9

analogous

#D97D46 #D9C646 #A3D946

triadic

#D9C646 #46D9C6 #C646D9

tetradic

#D9C646 #46D97D #4659D9 #D946A3

square

#D9C646 #46D97D #4659D9 #D946A3

split-complementary

#D9C646 #46A3D9 #7D46D9

monochromatic

#897B1C #BBA826 #D9C646 #E3D679 #EEE5AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#D9C646 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.12

#D9C646 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C646

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C646	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C646	1.00	1.73	12.12	12.12
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C034

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC84E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c646;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 198, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.146 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d680',
    500: '#d9c646',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c646;
$custom-light: #e8d680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c646",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.245,
    "s": 65.919,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81959,
    "c": 0.14551,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C646

secondary

#35408F

accent

#55E93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C646

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

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