#D9C74D#D9C74D

#D9C74D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.141 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C74D
RGB	rgb(217, 199, 77)
HSL	hsl(52, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(52, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 64.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.69, -7.82, 61.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.69, 61.73, 97.27°)
OKLab	oklab(82.23% -0.0267 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(82.23% 0.141 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.3803, 56.1365, 15.2014)
Luminance	0.5613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C74D #4D5FD9

analogous

#D9814D #D9C74D #A5D94D

triadic

#D9C74D #4DD9C7 #C74DD9

tetradic

#D9C74D #4DD981 #4D5FD9 #D94DA5

square

#D9C74D #4DD981 #4D5FD9 #D94DA5

split-complementary

#D9C74D #4DA5D9 #814DD9

monochromatic

#8D7F1E #C0AC29 #D9C74D #E4D77F #EFE7B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#D9C74D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#D9C74D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C74D

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C74D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C74D	1.00	1.72	12.23	12.23
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C13E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC954

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c74d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 199, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.141 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d784',
    500: '#d9c74d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c74d;
$custom-light: #e8d784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c74d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.286,
    "s": 64.815,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82226,
    "c": 0.14128,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C74D

secondary

#374393

accent

#56E840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C74D

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

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