#D9CA4D#D9CA4D

#D9CA4D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.144 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CA4D
RGB	rgb(217, 202, 77)
HSL	hsl(54, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(54, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 64.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.48, -9.34, 62.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.48, 62.76, 98.56°)
OKLab	oklab(82.85% -0.031 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(82.85% 0.144 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.0774, 57.5306, 15.4338)
Luminance	0.5753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CA4D #4D5CD9

analogous

#D9844D #D9CA4D #A2D94D

triadic

#D9CA4D #4DD9CA #CA4DD9

tetradic

#D9CA4D #4DD984 #4D5CD9 #D94DA2

square

#D9CA4D #4DD984 #4D5CD9 #D94DA2

split-complementary

#D9CA4D #4DA2D9 #844DD9

monochromatic

#8D811E #C0B029 #D9CA4D #E4D97F #EFE8B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#D9CA4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.51

#D9CA4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CA4D

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CA4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CA4D	1.00	1.68	12.51	12.51
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC43D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BDB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9ca4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 202, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.144 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d985',
    500: '#d9ca4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9ca4d;
$custom-light: #e8d985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9ca4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.571,
    "s": 64.815,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8285,
    "c": 0.14387,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CA4D

secondary

#374193

accent

#52E840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CA4D

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

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