#D9C741#D9C741

#D9C741 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.150 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C741
RGB	rgb(217, 199, 65)
HSL	hsl(53, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(53, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 70%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.60, -8.47, 65.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.60, 66.46, 97.32°)
OKLab	oklab(82.13% -0.0298 0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(82.13% 0.15 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.9950, 55.9824, 13.1722)
Luminance	0.5598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C741 #4153D9

analogous

#D97B41 #D9C741 #9FD941

triadic

#D9C741 #41D9C7 #C741D9

tetradic

#D9C741 #41D97B #4153D9 #D9419F

square

#D9C741 #41D97B #4153D9 #D9419F

split-complementary

#D9C741 #419FD9 #7B41D9

monochromatic

#85781B #B8A725 #D9C741 #E3D674 #EDE5A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#D9C741 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#D9C741 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C741

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C741	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C741	1.00	1.72	12.20	12.20
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C12C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC949

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c741;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 199, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.150 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d77e',
    500: '#d9c741',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c741;
$custom-light: #e8d77e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c741",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.895,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82128,
    "c": 0.14968,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C741

secondary

#333D8B

accent

#53EA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C741

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

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