#D9C746#D9C746

#D9C746 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.146 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C746
RGB	rgb(217, 199, 70)
HSL	hsl(53, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(53, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 67.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.64, -8.21, 64.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.64, 64.55, 97.31°)
OKLab	oklab(82.17% -0.0286 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(82.17% 0.146 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.1464, 56.0429, 13.9691)
Luminance	0.5604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C746 #4658D9

analogous

#D97E46 #D9C746 #A2D946

triadic

#D9C746 #46D9C7 #C746D9

tetradic

#D9C746 #46D97E #4658D9 #D946A2

square

#D9C746 #46D97E #4658D9 #D946A2

split-complementary

#D9C746 #46A2D9 #7E46D9

monochromatic

#897B1C #BBA926 #D9C746 #E3D679 #EEE6AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#D9C746 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#D9C746 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C746

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C746	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C746	1.00	1.72	12.21	12.21
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C134

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC94E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c746;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 199, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.146 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d780',
    500: '#d9c746',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c746;
$custom-light: #e8d780;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c746",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.653,
    "s": 65.919,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82167,
    "c": 0.14634,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C746

secondary

#35408F

accent

#54E93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C746

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

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