#D9C64D#D9C64D

#D9C64D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.140 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C64D
RGB	rgb(217, 198, 77)
HSL	hsl(52, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(52, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 64.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.43, -7.30, 60.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.43, 61.39, 96.83°)
OKLab	oklab(82.02% -0.0252 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(82.02% 0.14 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.1510, 55.6779, 15.1250)
Luminance	0.5568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C64D #4D60D9

analogous

#D9804D #D9C64D #A6D94D

triadic

#D9C64D #4DD9C6 #C64DD9

tetradic

#D9C64D #4DD980 #4D60D9 #D94DA6

square

#D9C64D #4DD980 #4D60D9 #D94DA6

split-complementary

#D9C64D #4DA6D9 #804DD9

monochromatic

#8D7E1E #C0AB29 #D9C64D #E4D67F #EFE6B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#D9C64D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#D9C64D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C64D

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C64D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C64D	1.00	1.73	12.14	12.14
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C13E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC854

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c64d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 198, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.140 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d784',
    500: '#d9c64d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c64d;
$custom-light: #e8d784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c64d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.857,
    "s": 64.815,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82019,
    "c": 0.14043,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C64D

secondary

#374493

accent

#57E840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C64D

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

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