#D9C74A#D9C74A

#D9C74A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.143 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C74A
RGB	rgb(217, 199, 74)
HSL	hsl(52, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 65.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.67, -7.99, 62.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.67, 62.95, 97.29°)
OKLab	oklab(82.2% -0.0275 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(82.2% 0.144 101)
XYZ	xyz(50.2768, 56.0951, 14.6564)
Luminance	0.5609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C74A #4A5CD9

analogous

#D9804A #D9C74A #A3D94A

triadic

#D9C74A #4AD9C7 #C74AD9

tetradic

#D9C74A #4AD980 #4A5CD9 #D94AA3

square

#D9C74A #4AD980 #4A5CD9 #D94AA3

split-complementary

#D9C74A #4AA3D9 #804AD9

monochromatic

#8B7D1D #BEAB28 #D9C74A #E4D77D #EEE6AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#D9C74A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#D9C74A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C74A

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C74A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C74A	1.00	1.72	12.22	12.22
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C13A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC951

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c74a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 199, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.143 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d783',
    500: '#d9c74a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c74a;
$custom-light: #e8d783;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c74a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.448,
    "s": 65.297,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.822,
    "c": 0.1435,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.56093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C74A

secondary

#364291

accent

#55E840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C74A

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

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