#D9C845#D9C845

#D9C845 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.148 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C845
RGB	rgb(217, 200, 69)
HSL	hsl(53, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(53, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 68.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.89, -8.78, 64.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.89, 65.27, 97.73°)
OKLab	oklab(82.37% -0.0303 0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(82.37% 0.148 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.3459, 56.4921, 13.8812)
Luminance	0.5649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C845 #4556D9

analogous

#D97E45 #D9C845 #A0D945

triadic

#D9C845 #45D9C8 #C845D9

tetradic

#D9C845 #45D97E #4556D9 #D945A0

square

#D9C845 #45D97E #4556D9 #D945A0

split-complementary

#D9C845 #45A0D9 #7E45D9

monochromatic

#887B1C #BBAA26 #D9C845 #E3D778 #EEE6AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#D9C845 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30

#D9C845 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C845

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C845	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C845	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)

#DAC232

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC94D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c845;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 200, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.148 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d880',
    500: '#d9c845',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c845;
$custom-light: #e8d880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c845",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.108,
    "s": 66.071,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82367,
    "c": 0.14786,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C845

secondary

#343F8E

accent

#52E93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C845

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

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