#D9C84B#D9C84B

#D9C84B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.144 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C84B
RGB	rgb(217, 200, 75)
HSL	hsl(53, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(53, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 65.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.94, -8.44, 62.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.94, 62.89, 97.72°)
OKLab	oklab(82.42% -0.0287 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(82.42% 0.144 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.5416, 56.5704, 14.9122)
Luminance	0.5657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C84B #4B5CD9

analogous

#D9814B #D9C84B #A3D94B

triadic

#D9C84B #4BD9C8 #C84BD9

tetradic

#D9C84B #4BD981 #4B5CD9 #D94BA3

square

#D9C84B #4BD981 #4B5CD9 #D94BA3

split-complementary

#D9C84B #4BA3D9 #814BD9

monochromatic

#8C7F1E #BFAD28 #D9C84B #E4D77E #EEE7B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#D9C84B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.31

#D9C84B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C84B

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C84B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C84B	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)

#DAC23B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC952

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c84b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 200, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.144 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d883',
    500: '#d9c84b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c84b;
$custom-light: #e8d883;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c84b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.817,
    "s": 65.138,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82416,
    "c": 0.14362,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C84B

secondary

#364192

accent

#54E840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C84B

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

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