#D9C94E#D9C94E

#D9C94E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.142 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C94E
RGB	rgb(217, 201, 78)
HSL	hsl(53, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(53, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 64.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.22, -8.78, 61.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.22, 62.00, 98.14°)
OKLab	oklab(82.65% -0.0293 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(82.65% 0.142 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.8791, 57.0771, 15.5432)
Luminance	0.5707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C94E #4E5ED9

analogous

#D9844E #D9C94E #A3D94E

triadic

#D9C94E #4ED9C9 #C94ED9

tetradic

#D9C94E #4ED984 #4E5ED9 #D94EA3

square

#D9C94E #4ED984 #4E5ED9 #D94EA3

split-complementary

#D9C94E #4EA3D9 #844ED9

monochromatic

#8E811F #C0AF29 #D9C94E #E4D880 #EFE8B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#D9C94E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#D9C94E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C94E

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C94E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C94E	1.00	1.69	12.42	12.42
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC33F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c94e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 201, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.142 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d985',
    500: '#d9c94e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c94e;
$custom-light: #e8d985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c94e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.094,
    "s": 64.651,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8265,
    "c": 0.14224,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C94E

secondary

#384294

accent

#53E840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C94E

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

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