#D9C84E#D9C84E

#D9C84E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.141 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C84E
RGB	rgb(217, 200, 78)
HSL	hsl(53, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(53, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 64.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.96, -8.27, 61.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.96, 61.65, 97.70°)
OKLab	oklab(82.44% -0.0278 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(82.44% 0.141 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.6468, 56.6124, 15.4657)
Luminance	0.5661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C84E #4E5FD9

analogous

#D9824E #D9C84E #A4D94E

triadic

#D9C84E #4ED9C8 #C84ED9

tetradic

#D9C84E #4ED982 #4E5FD9 #D94EA4

square

#D9C84E #4ED982 #4E5FD9 #D94EA4

split-complementary

#D9C84E #4EA4D9 #824ED9

monochromatic

#8E801F #C0AE29 #D9C84E #E4D880 #EFE7B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#D9C84E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.32

#D9C84E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C84E

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C84E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C84E	1.00	1.70	12.32	12.32
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC23F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC955

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c84e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 200, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.141 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d885',
    500: '#d9c84e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c84e;
$custom-light: #e8d885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c84e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.662,
    "s": 64.651,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82443,
    "c": 0.14138,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C84E

secondary

#384394

accent

#55E840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C84E

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

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