#D9C844#D9C844

#D9C844 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.149 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C844
RGB	rgb(217, 200, 68)
HSL	hsl(53, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(53, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 68.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.89, -8.83, 65.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.89, 65.65, 97.73°)
OKLab	oklab(82.36% -0.0305 0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(82.36% 0.149 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.3151, 56.4798, 13.7191)
Luminance	0.5648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C844 #4455D9

analogous

#D97D44 #D9C844 #A0D944

triadic

#D9C844 #44D9C8 #C844D9

tetradic

#D9C844 #44D97D #4455D9 #D944A0

square

#D9C844 #44D97D #4455D9 #D944A0

split-complementary

#D9C844 #44A0D9 #7D44D9

monochromatic

#877B1B #BAA926 #D9C844 #E3D777 #EEE6AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#D9C844 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30

#D9C844 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C844

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C844	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C844	1.00	1.71	12.30	12.30
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC231

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC94C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c844;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 200, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.149 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d87f',
    500: '#d9c844',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c844;
$custom-light: #e8d87f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c844",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.154,
    "s": 66.222,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82359,
    "c": 0.14854,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C844

secondary

#343E8D

accent

#52E93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C844

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

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