#D9C841#D9C841

#D9C841 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.151 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C841
RGB	rgb(217, 200, 65)
HSL	hsl(53, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(53, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 70%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.87, -8.98, 66.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.87, 66.79, 97.73°)
OKLab	oklab(82.34% -0.0313 0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(82.34% 0.151 102)
XYZ	xyz(50.2259, 56.4441, 13.2492)
Luminance	0.5644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C841 #4152D9

analogous

#D97C41 #D9C841 #9ED941

triadic

#D9C841 #41D9C8 #C841D9

tetradic

#D9C841 #41D97C #4152D9 #D9419E

square

#D9C841 #41D97C #4152D9 #D9419E

split-complementary

#D9C841 #419ED9 #7C41D9

monochromatic

#85791B #B8A825 #D9C841 #E3D774 #EDE6A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#D9C841 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29

#D9C841 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C841

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C841	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C841	1.00	1.71	12.29	12.29
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC22C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC94A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c841;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 200, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.151 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d87e',
    500: '#d9c841',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c841;
$custom-light: #e8d87e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c841",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.289,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82336,
    "c": 0.15052,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.56442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C841

secondary

#333D8B

accent

#51EA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C841

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

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