#D9C74F#D9C74F

#D9C74F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.140 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C74F
RGB	rgb(217, 199, 79)
HSL	hsl(52, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(52, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 63.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.71, -7.69, 60.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.71, 60.90, 97.26°)
OKLab	oklab(82.24% -0.0261 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(82.24% 0.14 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.4520, 56.1652, 15.5791)
Luminance	0.5616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C74F #4F61D9

analogous

#D9824F #D9C74F #A6D94F

triadic

#D9C74F #4FD9C7 #C74FD9

tetradic

#D9C74F #4FD982 #4F61D9 #D94FA6

square

#D9C74F #4FD982 #4F61D9 #D94FA6

split-complementary

#D9C74F #4FA6D9 #824FD9

monochromatic

#8F801F #C1AD2A #D9C74F #E4D781 #EFE7B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#D9C74F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#D9C74F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C74F

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C74F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C74F	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)

#D9C141

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC956

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c74f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 199, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.140 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d786',
    500: '#d9c74f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c74f;
$custom-light: #e8d786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c74f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.174,
    "s": 64.486,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82244,
    "c": 0.13975,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C74F

secondary

#384494

accent

#56E740

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C74F

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

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