#D9CA40#D9CA40

#D9CA40 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.153 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CA40
RGB	rgb(217, 202, 64)
HSL	hsl(54, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(54, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 70.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.38, -10.05, 67.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.38, 67.81, 98.52°)
OKLab	oklab(82.75% -0.0344 0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(82.75% 0.153 103)
XYZ	xyz(50.6634, 57.3650, 13.2534)
Luminance	0.5736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CA40 #404FD9

analogous

#D97E40 #D9CA40 #9BD940

triadic

#D9CA40 #40D9CA #CA40D9

tetradic

#D9CA40 #40D97E #404FD9 #D9409B

square

#D9CA40 #40D97E #404FD9 #D9409B

split-complementary

#D9CA40 #409BD9 #7E40D9

monochromatic

#847A1A #B7A924 #D9CA40 #E3D873 #EDE6A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#D9CA40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.47

#D9CA40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CA40

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CA40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CA40	1.00	1.68	12.47	12.47
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC42A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9ca40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 202, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.153 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d97d',
    500: '#d9ca40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9ca40;
$custom-light: #e8d97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9ca40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.118,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82746,
    "c": 0.15284,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.57363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CA40

secondary

#323B8B

accent

#4FEA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CA40

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

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