#D9C941#D9C941

#D9C941 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.151 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C941
RGB	rgb(217, 201, 65)
HSL	hsl(54, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(54, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 70%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.13, -9.49, 66.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.13, 67.11, 98.13°)
OKLab	oklab(82.55% -0.0327 0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(82.55% 0.151 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.4582, 56.9088, 13.3266)
Luminance	0.5691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C941 #4151D9

analogous

#D97D41 #D9C941 #9DD941

triadic

#D9C941 #41D9C9 #C941D9

tetradic

#D9C941 #41D97D #4151D9 #D9419D

square

#D9C941 #41D97D #4151D9 #D9419D

split-complementary

#D9C941 #419DD9 #7D41D9

monochromatic

#857A1B #B8A925 #D9C941 #E3D774 #EDE6A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#D9C941 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.38

#D9C941 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C941

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C941	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C941	1.00	1.70	12.38	12.38
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC32C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c941;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 201, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.151 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d97e',
    500: '#d9c941',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c941;
$custom-light: #e8d97e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c941",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.684,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82545,
    "c": 0.15135,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C941

secondary

#333C8B

accent

#50EA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C941

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

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