#D9C94B#D9C94B

#D9C94B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.144 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C94B
RGB	rgb(217, 201, 75)
HSL	hsl(53, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(53, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 65.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.20, -8.95, 62.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.20, 63.23, 98.14°)
OKLab	oklab(82.62% -0.0301 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(82.62% 0.144 102)
XYZ	xyz(50.7740, 57.0351, 14.9896)
Luminance	0.5703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C94B #4B5BD9

analogous

#D9824B #D9C94B #A2D94B

triadic

#D9C94B #4BD9C9 #C94BD9

tetradic

#D9C94B #4BD982 #4B5BD9 #D94BA2

square

#D9C94B #4BD982 #4B5BD9 #D94BA2

split-complementary

#D9C94B #4BA2D9 #824BD9

monochromatic

#8C801E #BFAE28 #D9C94B #E4D87E #EEE7B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#D9C94B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.41

#D9C94B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C94B

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C94B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C94B	1.00	1.69	12.41	12.41
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC33B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c94b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 201, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.144 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d983',
    500: '#d9c94b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c94b;
$custom-light: #e8d983;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c94b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.239,
    "s": 65.138,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82624,
    "c": 0.14449,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.57033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C94B

secondary

#364192

accent

#53E840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C94B

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

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