#D9C93D#D9C93D

#D9C93D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.154 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C93D
RGB	rgb(217, 201, 61)
HSL	hsl(54, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(54, 72%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 71.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.10, -9.68, 67.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.10, 68.57, 98.12°)
OKLab	oklab(82.52% -0.0337 0.1501)
OKLCH	oklch(82.52% 0.154 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.3464, 56.8641, 12.7379)
Luminance	0.5686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C93D #3D4DD9

analogous

#D97B3D #D9C93D #9BD93D

triadic

#D9C93D #3DD9C9 #C93DD9

tetradic

#D9C93D #3DD97B #3D4DD9 #D93D9B

square

#D9C93D #3DD97B #3D4DD9 #D93D9B

split-complementary

#D9C93D #3D9BD9 #7B3DD9

monochromatic

#827719 #B5A624 #D9C93D #E3D770 #EDE5A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#D9C93D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.37

#D9C93D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C93D

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C93D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C93D	1.00	1.70	12.37	12.37
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC325

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c93d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 201, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.154 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d97c',
    500: '#d9c93d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c93d;
$custom-light: #e9d97c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c93d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.846,
    "s": 67.241,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82517,
    "c": 0.15384,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C93D

secondary

#313A89

accent

#4FEA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C93D

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

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