#D9C849#D9C849

#D9C849 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.145 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C849
RGB	rgb(217, 200, 73)
HSL	hsl(53, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(53, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 66.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.92, -8.56, 63.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.92, 63.69, 97.72°)
OKLab	oklab(82.4% -0.0292 0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(82.4% 0.145 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.4743, 56.5434, 14.5573)
Luminance	0.5654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C849 #495AD9

analogous

#D98049 #D9C849 #A2D949

triadic

#D9C849 #49D9C8 #C849D9

tetradic

#D9C849 #49D980 #495AD9 #D949A2

square

#D9C849 #49D980 #495AD9 #D949A2

split-complementary

#D9C849 #49A2D9 #8049D9

monochromatic

#8B7E1D #BDAC28 #D9C849 #E4D77C #EEE7AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#D9C849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.31

#D9C849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C849

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C849	1.00	1.71	12.31	12.31
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC238

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC950

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 200, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.145 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d882',
    500: '#d9c849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c849;
$custom-light: #e8d882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.917,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82399,
    "c": 0.14508,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C849

secondary

#364091

accent

#53E83F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C849

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

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