#D9C74E#D9C74E

#D9C74E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.141 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C74E
RGB	rgb(217, 199, 78)
HSL	hsl(52, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(52, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 64.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.70, -7.75, 60.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.70, 61.31, 97.27°)
OKLab	oklab(82.24% -0.0264 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(82.24% 0.141 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.4159, 56.1508, 15.3888)
Luminance	0.5615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C74E #4E60D9

analogous

#D9814E #D9C74E #A6D94E

triadic

#D9C74E #4ED9C7 #C74ED9

tetradic

#D9C74E #4ED981 #4E60D9 #D94EA6

square

#D9C74E #4ED981 #4E60D9 #D94EA6

split-complementary

#D9C74E #4EA6D9 #814ED9

monochromatic

#8E801F #C0AD29 #D9C74E #E4D780 #EFE7B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#D9C74E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#D9C74E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C74E

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C74E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C74E	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)

#D9C13F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC955

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c74e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 199, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.141 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d785',
    500: '#d9c74e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c74e;
$custom-light: #e8d785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c74e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.23,
    "s": 64.651,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82235,
    "c": 0.14052,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C74E

secondary

#384494

accent

#56E840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C74E

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

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