#D9CA4F#D9CA4F

#D9CA4F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.142 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CA4F
RGB	rgb(217, 202, 79)
HSL	hsl(53, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(53, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 63.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.49, -9.22, 61.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.49, 61.93, 98.56°)
OKLab	oklab(82.87% -0.0305 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(82.87% 0.142 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.1491, 57.5593, 15.8114)
Luminance	0.5756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CA4F #4F5ED9

analogous

#D9854F #D9CA4F #A3D94F

triadic

#D9CA4F #4FD9CA #CA4FD9

tetradic

#D9CA4F #4FD985 #4F5ED9 #D94FA3

square

#D9CA4F #4FD985 #4F5ED9 #D94FA3

split-complementary

#D9CA4F #4FA3D9 #854FD9

monochromatic

#8F831F #C1B12A #D9CA4F #E4D981 #EFE8B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#D9CA4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.51

#D9CA4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CA4F

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CA4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CA4F	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)

#DBC440

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BDB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9ca4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 202, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.142 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d986',
    500: '#d9ca4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9ca4f;
$custom-light: #e8d986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9ca4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.478,
    "s": 64.486,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82868,
    "c": 0.14236,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CA4F

secondary

#384294

accent

#52E740

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CA4F

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

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