#D9CA46#D9CA46

#D9CA46 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.149 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CA46
RGB	rgb(217, 202, 70)
HSL	hsl(54, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(54, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 67.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.42, -9.74, 64.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.42, 65.55, 98.55°)
OKLab	oklab(82.79% -0.0329 0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(82.79% 0.149 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.8434, 57.4371, 14.2015)
Luminance	0.5744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CA46 #4655D9

analogous

#D98146 #D9CA46 #9ED946

triadic

#D9CA46 #46D9CA #CA46D9

tetradic

#D9CA46 #46D981 #4655D9 #D9469E

square

#D9CA46 #46D981 #4655D9 #D9469E

split-complementary

#D9CA46 #469ED9 #8146D9

monochromatic

#897D1C #BBAC26 #D9CA46 #E3D979 #EEE7AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#D9CA46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.49

#D9CA46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CA46

12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CA46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CA46	1.00	1.68	12.49	12.49
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC433

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9ca46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 202, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.149 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d981',
    500: '#d9ca46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9ca46;
$custom-light: #e8d981;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9ca46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.878,
    "s": 65.919,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82791,
    "c": 0.14889,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CA46

secondary

#353E8F

accent

#50E93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CA46

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

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