#D9CC40#D9CC40

#D9CC40 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.155 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CC40
RGB	rgb(217, 204, 64)
HSL	hsl(55, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(55, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 70.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.91, -11.06, 67.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.91, 68.48, 99.29°)
OKLab	oklab(83.17% -0.0372 0.15)
OKLCH	oklch(83.17% 0.155 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.1357, 58.3097, 13.4108)
Luminance	0.5831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CC40 #404DD9

analogous

#D98040 #D9CC40 #99D940

triadic

#D9CC40 #40D9CC #CC40D9

tetradic

#D9CC40 #40D980 #404DD9 #D94099

square

#D9CC40 #40D980 #404DD9 #D94099

split-complementary

#D9CC40 #4099D9 #8040D9

monochromatic

#847B1A #B7AB24 #D9CC40 #E3DA73 #EDE7A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#D9CC40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.66

#D9CC40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CC40

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CC40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CC40	1.00	1.66	12.66	12.66
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC529

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9cc40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 204, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.155 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8db7e',
    500: '#d9cc40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9cc40;
$custom-light: #e8db7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9cc40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.902,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83165,
    "c": 0.15457,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CC40

secondary

#323A8B

accent

#4DEA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CC40

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

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