#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
RGBrgb(217, 202, 79)
HSLhsl(53, 64%, 58%)
HSVhsv(53, 64%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 6.9%, 63.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(80.49, -9.22, 61.24)
CIE-LCHlch(80.49, 61.93, 98.56°)
OKLaboklab(82.87% -0.0305 0.1391)
OKLCHoklch(82.87% 0.142 102.4)
XYZxyz(51.1491, 57.5593, 15.8114)
Luminance0.5756 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##D9CA4F1.001.6812.5112.51
#FFFFFF1.681.0021.0021.00
#00000012.5121.001.001.00
##00000012.5121.001.001.00

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

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#D9CA4F Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva