#D9C73C#D9C73C

#D9C73C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.153 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C73C
RGB	rgb(217, 199, 60)
HSL	hsl(53, 67%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 72.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.57, -8.71, 67.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.57, 68.28, 97.33°)
OKLab	oklab(82.09% -0.031 0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(82.09% 0.153 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.8566, 55.9270, 12.4429)
Luminance	0.5593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C73C #3C4ED9

analogous

#D9793C #D9C73C #9DD93C

triadic

#D9C73C #3CD9C7 #C73CD9

tetradic

#D9C73C #3CD979 #3C4ED9 #D93C9D

square

#D9C73C #3CD979 #3C4ED9 #D93C9D

split-complementary

#D9C73C #3C9DD9 #793CD9

monochromatic

#817519 #B5A423 #D9C73C #E3D66F #EDE4A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#D9C73C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#D9C73C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C73C

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C73C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C73C	1.00	1.72	12.19	12.19
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC124

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC845

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c73c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 199, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.153 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d77b',
    500: '#d9c73c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c73c;
$custom-light: #e9d77b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c73c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.121,
    "s": 67.382,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82093,
    "c": 0.15279,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C73C

secondary

#313B88

accent

#51EA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C73C

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

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