#D9C94F#D9C94F

#D9C94F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.141 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C94F
RGB	rgb(217, 201, 79)
HSL	hsl(53, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(53, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 63.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.23, -8.71, 60.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.23, 61.58, 98.13°)
OKLab	oklab(82.66% -0.029 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(82.66% 0.141 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.9152, 57.0916, 15.7335)
Luminance	0.5709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C94F #4F5FD9

analogous

#D9844F #D9C94F #A4D94F

triadic

#D9C94F #4FD9C9 #C94FD9

tetradic

#D9C94F #4FD984 #4F5FD9 #D94FA4

square

#D9C94F #4FD984 #4F5FD9 #D94FA4

split-complementary

#D9C94F #4FA4D9 #844FD9

monochromatic

#8F821F #C1B02A #D9C94F #E4D881 #EFE8B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#D9C94F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#D9C94F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C94F

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C94F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C94F	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)

#DAC340

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c94f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 201, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.141 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d986',
    500: '#d9c94f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c94f;
$custom-light: #e8d986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c94f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.043,
    "s": 64.486,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82659,
    "c": 0.14148,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C94F

secondary

#384394

accent

#54E740

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C94F

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

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