#D9C64F#D9C64F

#D9C64F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.139 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C64F
RGB	rgb(217, 198, 79)
HSL	hsl(52, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(52, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 63.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.45, -7.18, 60.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.45, 60.56, 96.81°)
OKLab	oklab(82.04% -0.0246 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(82.04% 0.139 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.2227, 55.7066, 15.5026)
Luminance	0.5570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C64F #4F62D9

analogous

#D9814F #D9C64F #A7D94F

triadic

#D9C64F #4FD9C6 #C64FD9

tetradic

#D9C64F #4FD981 #4F62D9 #D94FA7

square

#D9C64F #4FD981 #4F62D9 #D94FA7

split-complementary

#D9C64F #4FA7D9 #814FD9

monochromatic

#8F7F1F #C1AC2A #D9C64F #E4D681 #EFE7B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#D9C64F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#D9C64F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C64F

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C64F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C64F	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)

#D8C141

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC855

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c64f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 198, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.139 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d786',
    500: '#d9c64f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c64f;
$custom-light: #e8d786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c64f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.739,
    "s": 64.486,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82037,
    "c": 0.1389,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C64F

secondary

#384594

accent

#57E740

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C64F

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

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