#D9C943#D9C943

#D9C943 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.150 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C943
RGB	rgb(217, 201, 67)
HSL	hsl(54, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(54, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 69.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.14, -9.39, 65.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.14, 66.36, 98.13°)
OKLab	oklab(82.56% -0.0322 0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(82.56% 0.15 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.5172, 56.9324, 13.6372)
Luminance	0.5693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C943 #4353D9

analogous

#D97E43 #D9C943 #9ED943

triadic

#D9C943 #43D9C9 #C943D9

tetradic

#D9C943 #43D97E #4353D9 #D9439E

square

#D9C943 #43D97E #4353D9 #D9439E

split-complementary

#D9C943 #439ED9 #7E43D9

monochromatic

#867B1B #B9AA25 #D9C943 #E3D876 #EEE6A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#D9C943 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39

#D9C943 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C943

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C943	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C943	1.00	1.70	12.39	12.39
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC32F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c943;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 201, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.150 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d97f',
    500: '#d9c943',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c943;
$custom-light: #e8d97f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c943",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.6,
    "s": 66.372,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8256,
    "c": 0.15005,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C943

secondary

#333D8D

accent

#51E93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C943

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

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