#D9C649#D9C649

#D9C649 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.143 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C649
RGB	rgb(217, 198, 73)
HSL	hsl(52, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 66.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.40, -7.54, 62.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.40, 63.03, 96.87°)
OKLab	oklab(81.98% -0.0263 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(81.98% 0.143 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.0141, 55.6231, 14.4039)
Luminance	0.5562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C649 #495CD9

analogous

#D97E49 #D9C649 #A4D949

triadic

#D9C649 #49D9C6 #C649D9

tetradic

#D9C649 #49D97E #495CD9 #D949A4

square

#D9C649 #49D97E #495CD9 #D949A4

split-complementary

#D9C649 #49A4D9 #7E49D9

monochromatic

#8B7C1D #BDAA28 #D9C649 #E4D67C #EEE6AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#D9C649 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.12

#D9C649 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C649

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C649	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C649	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)

#D8C038

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC850

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c649;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 198, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.143 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d782',
    500: '#d9c649',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c649;
$custom-light: #e8d782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c649",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.083,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81984,
    "c": 0.14339,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C649

secondary

#364291

accent

#56E83F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C649

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

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