#D9C73F#D9C73F

#D9C73F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.151 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C73F
RGB	rgb(217, 199, 63)
HSL	hsl(53, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(53, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 71%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.59, -8.57, 66.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.59, 67.20, 97.33°)
OKLab	oklab(82.11% -0.0303 0.1479)
OKLCH	oklch(82.11% 0.151 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.9381, 55.9596, 12.8725)
Luminance	0.5596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C73F #3F51D9

analogous

#D97A3F #D9C73F #9ED93F

triadic

#D9C73F #3FD9C7 #C73FD9

tetradic

#D9C73F #3FD97A #3F51D9 #D93F9E

square

#D9C73F #3FD97A #3F51D9 #D93F9E

split-complementary

#D9C73F #3F9ED9 #7A3FD9

monochromatic

#84771A #B7A624 #D9C73F #E3D672 #EDE5A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#D9C73F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#D9C73F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C73F

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C73F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C73F	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)

#D9C129

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC848

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c73f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 199, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.151 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d77d',
    500: '#d9c73f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c73f;
$custom-light: #e9d77d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c73f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.987,
    "s": 66.957,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82114,
    "c": 0.15096,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C73F

secondary

#323C8A

accent

#52EA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C73F

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

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