#D9C945#D9C945

#D9C945 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.149 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C945
RGB	rgb(217, 201, 69)
HSL	hsl(54, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(54, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 68.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.16, -9.29, 64.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.16, 65.60, 98.14°)
OKLab	oklab(82.58% -0.0317 0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(82.58% 0.149 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.5782, 56.9568, 13.9586)
Luminance	0.5696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C945 #4555D9

analogous

#D97F45 #D9C945 #9FD945

triadic

#D9C945 #45D9C9 #C945D9

tetradic

#D9C945 #45D97F #4555D9 #D9459F

square

#D9C945 #45D97F #4555D9 #D9459F

split-complementary

#D9C945 #459FD9 #7F45D9

monochromatic

#887C1C #BBAB26 #D9C945 #E3D878 #EEE7AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#D9C945 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39

#D9C945 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C945

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C945	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C945	1.00	1.69	12.39	12.39
#FFFFFF	1.69	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)

#DBC332

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c945;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 201, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.149 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d980',
    500: '#d9c945',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c945;
$custom-light: #e8d980;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c945",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.514,
    "s": 66.071,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82575,
    "c": 0.14871,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C945

secondary

#343E8E

accent

#51E93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C945

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

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