#D9C744#D9C744

#D9C744 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.148 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C744
RGB	rgb(217, 199, 68)
HSL	hsl(53, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(53, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 68.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.62, -8.32, 64.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.62, 65.32, 97.32°)
OKLab	oklab(82.15% -0.0291 0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(82.15% 0.148 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.0843, 56.0181, 13.6421)
Luminance	0.5602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C744 #4456D9

analogous

#D97C44 #D9C744 #A0D944

triadic

#D9C744 #44D9C7 #C744D9

tetradic

#D9C744 #44D97C #4456D9 #D944A0

square

#D9C744 #44D97C #4456D9 #D944A0

split-complementary

#D9C744 #44A0D9 #7C44D9

monochromatic

#877A1B #BAA826 #D9C744 #E3D677 #EEE5AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#D9C744 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#D9C744 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C744

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C744	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C744	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)

#D9C131

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC94C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c744;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 199, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.148 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d77f',
    500: '#d9c744',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c744;
$custom-light: #e8d77f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c744",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.752,
    "s": 66.222,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82151,
    "c": 0.1477,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C744

secondary

#343F8D

accent

#53E93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C744

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

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