#D9C949#D9C949

#D9C949 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.146 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C949
RGB	rgb(217, 201, 73)
HSL	hsl(53, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(53, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 66.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.18, -9.07, 63.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.18, 64.03, 98.14°)
OKLab	oklab(82.61% -0.0307 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(82.61% 0.146 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.7066, 57.0081, 14.6348)
Luminance	0.5701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C949 #4959D9

analogous

#D98149 #D9C949 #A1D949

triadic

#D9C949 #49D9C9 #C949D9

tetradic

#D9C949 #49D981 #4959D9 #D949A1

square

#D9C949 #49D981 #4959D9 #D949A1

split-complementary

#D9C949 #49A1D9 #8149D9

monochromatic

#8B7E1D #BDAD28 #D9C949 #E4D87C #EEE7AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#D9C949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#D9C949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C949

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C949	1.00	1.69	12.40	12.40
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC338

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 201, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.146 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d982',
    500: '#d9c949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c949;
$custom-light: #e8d982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82607,
    "c": 0.14593,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C949

secondary

#364091

accent

#52E83F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C949

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

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