#D9C94D#D9C94D

#D9C94D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.143 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C94D
RGB	rgb(217, 201, 77)
HSL	hsl(53, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(53, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 64.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.22, -8.84, 61.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.22, 62.41, 98.14°)
OKLab	oklab(82.64% -0.0296 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(82.64% 0.143 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.8435, 57.0629, 15.3558)
Luminance	0.5706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C94D #4D5DD9

analogous

#D9834D #D9C94D #A3D94D

triadic

#D9C94D #4DD9C9 #C94DD9

tetradic

#D9C94D #4DD983 #4D5DD9 #D94DA3

square

#D9C94D #4DD983 #4D5DD9 #D94DA3

split-complementary

#D9C94D #4DA3D9 #834DD9

monochromatic

#8D811E #C0AF29 #D9C94D #E4D87F #EFE8B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#D9C94D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.41

#D9C94D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C94D

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C94D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C94D	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)

#DBC33D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c94d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 201, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.143 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d985',
    500: '#d9c94d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c94d;
$custom-light: #e8d985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c94d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.143,
    "s": 64.815,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82642,
    "c": 0.143,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C94D

secondary

#374293

accent

#53E840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C94D

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

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