#D9C944#D9C944

#D9C944 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.149 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C944
RGB	rgb(217, 201, 68)
HSL	hsl(54, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(54, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 68.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.15, -9.34, 65.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.15, 65.98, 98.14°)
OKLab	oklab(82.57% -0.032 0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(82.57% 0.149 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.5475, 56.9445, 13.7965)
Luminance	0.5694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C944 #4454D9

analogous

#D97E44 #D9C944 #9ED944

triadic

#D9C944 #44D9C9 #C944D9

tetradic

#D9C944 #44D97E #4454D9 #D9449E

square

#D9C944 #44D97E #4454D9 #D9449E

split-complementary

#D9C944 #449ED9 #7E44D9

monochromatic

#877C1B #BAAA26 #D9C944 #E3D877 #EEE6AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#D9C944 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39

#D9C944 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C944

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C944	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C944	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)

#DBC330

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c944;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 201, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.149 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d97f',
    500: '#d9c944',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c944;
$custom-light: #e8d97f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c944",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.557,
    "s": 66.222,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82567,
    "c": 0.14939,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C944

secondary

#343D8D

accent

#51E93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C944

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

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