#D9C846#D9C846

#D9C846 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.147 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C846
RGB	rgb(217, 200, 70)
HSL	hsl(53, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(53, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 67.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.90, -8.72, 64.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.90, 64.88, 97.73°)
OKLab	oklab(82.38% -0.03 0.1441)
OKLCH	oklch(82.38% 0.147 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.3772, 56.5046, 14.0461)
Luminance	0.5650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C846 #4657D9

analogous

#D97F46 #D9C846 #A1D946

triadic

#D9C846 #46D9C8 #C846D9

tetradic

#D9C846 #46D97F #4657D9 #D946A1

square

#D9C846 #46D97F #4657D9 #D946A1

split-complementary

#D9C846 #46A1D9 #7F46D9

monochromatic

#897C1C #BBAA26 #D9C846 #E3D779 #EEE6AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#D9C846 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30

#D9C846 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C846

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C846	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C846	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)

#DAC234

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC94E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c846;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 200, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.147 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d880',
    500: '#d9c846',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c846;
$custom-light: #e8d880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c846",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.061,
    "s": 65.919,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82375,
    "c": 0.14718,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C846

secondary

#353F8F

accent

#53E93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C846

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

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