#D9C64A#D9C64A

#D9C64A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.143 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C64A
RGB	rgb(217, 198, 74)
HSL	hsl(52, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 65.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.41, -7.48, 62.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.41, 62.62, 96.86°)
OKLab	oklab(81.99% -0.026 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(81.99% 0.143 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.0475, 55.6365, 14.5799)
Luminance	0.5563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C64A #4A5DD9

analogous

#D97F4A #D9C64A #A5D94A

triadic

#D9C64A #4AD9C6 #C64AD9

tetradic

#D9C64A #4AD97F #4A5DD9 #D94AA5

square

#D9C64A #4AD97F #4A5DD9 #D94AA5

split-complementary

#D9C64A #4AA5D9 #7F4AD9

monochromatic

#8B7D1D #BEAA28 #D9C64A #E4D67D #EEE6AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#D9C64A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#D9C64A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C64A

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C64A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C64A	1.00	1.73	12.13	12.13
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C13A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC851

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c64a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 198, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.143 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d783',
    500: '#d9c64a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c64a;
$custom-light: #e8d783;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c64a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.028,
    "s": 65.297,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81992,
    "c": 0.14267,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C64A

secondary

#364291

accent

#56E840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C64A

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

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