#D9C84F#D9C84F

#D9C84F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.141 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C84F
RGB	rgb(217, 200, 79)
HSL	hsl(53, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(53, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 63.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.97, -8.20, 60.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.97, 61.24, 97.70°)
OKLab	oklab(82.45% -0.0275 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(82.45% 0.141 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.6829, 56.6269, 15.6560)
Luminance	0.5663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C84F #4F60D9

analogous

#D9834F #D9C84F #A5D94F

triadic

#D9C84F #4FD9C8 #C84FD9

tetradic

#D9C84F #4FD983 #4F60D9 #D94FA5

square

#D9C84F #4FD983 #4F60D9 #D94FA5

split-complementary

#D9C84F #4FA5D9 #834FD9

monochromatic

#8F811F #C1AE2A #D9C84F #E4D881 #EFE7B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#D9C84F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.33

#D9C84F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C84F

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C84F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C84F	1.00	1.70	12.33	12.33
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC240

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC956

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c84f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 200, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.141 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d886',
    500: '#d9c84f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c84f;
$custom-light: #e8d886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c84f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.609,
    "s": 64.486,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82452,
    "c": 0.14061,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C84F

secondary

#384394

accent

#55E740

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C84F

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

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