#D9C74B#D9C74B

#D9C74B 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	#D9C74B
RGB	rgb(217, 199, 75)
HSL	hsl(52, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(52, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 65.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.68, -7.93, 62.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.68, 62.55, 97.29°)
OKLab	oklab(82.21% -0.0272 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(82.21% 0.143 101)
XYZ	xyz(50.3108, 56.1087, 14.8352)
Luminance	0.5611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C74B #4B5DD9

analogous

#D9804B #D9C74B #A4D94B

triadic

#D9C74B #4BD9C7 #C74BD9

tetradic

#D9C74B #4BD980 #4B5DD9 #D94BA4

square

#D9C74B #4BD980 #4B5DD9 #D94BA4

split-complementary

#D9C74B #4BA4D9 #804BD9

monochromatic

#8C7E1E #BFAC28 #D9C74B #E4D77E #EEE6B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#D9C74B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#D9C74B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C74B

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C74B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C74B	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)

#D9C13B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC952

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c74b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 199, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.143 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d783',
    500: '#d9c74b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c74b;
$custom-light: #e8d783;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c74b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.394,
    "s": 65.138,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82208,
    "c": 0.14277,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.56107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C74B

secondary

#364292

accent

#55E840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C74B

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

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