#D9CA49#D9CA49

#D9CA49 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.147 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CA49
RGB	rgb(217, 202, 73)
HSL	hsl(54, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(54, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 66.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.45, -9.58, 63.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.45, 64.37, 98.55°)
OKLab	oklab(82.82% -0.0321 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(82.82% 0.147 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.9405, 57.4759, 14.7127)
Luminance	0.5747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CA49 #4958D9

analogous

#D98249 #D9CA49 #A0D949

triadic

#D9CA49 #49D9CA #CA49D9

tetradic

#D9CA49 #49D982 #4958D9 #D949A0

square

#D9CA49 #49D982 #4958D9 #D949A0

split-complementary

#D9CA49 #49A0D9 #8249D9

monochromatic

#8B7F1D #BDAE28 #D9CA49 #E4D97C #EEE7AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#D9CA49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.49

#D9CA49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CA49

12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CA49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CA49	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)

#DCC438

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9ca49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 202, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.147 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d982',
    500: '#d9ca49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9ca49;
$custom-light: #e8d982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9ca49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.75,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82816,
    "c": 0.1468,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CA49

secondary

#363F91

accent

#51E83F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CA49

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

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