#D9CC42#D9CC42

#D9CC42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.153 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CC42
RGB	rgb(217, 204, 66)
HSL	hsl(55, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(55, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 69.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.92, -10.96, 66.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.92, 67.74, 99.31°)
OKLab	oklab(83.18% -0.0368 0.1488)
OKLCH	oklch(83.18% 0.153 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.1936, 58.3328, 13.7159)
Luminance	0.5833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CC42 #424FD9

analogous

#D98042 #D9CC42 #9BD942

triadic

#D9CC42 #42D9CC #CC42D9

tetradic

#D9CC42 #42D980 #424FD9 #D9429B

square

#D9CC42 #42D980 #424FD9 #D9429B

split-complementary

#D9CC42 #429BD9 #8042D9

monochromatic

#867D1B #B9AC25 #D9CC42 #E3DA75 #EDE7A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#D9CC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.67

#D9CC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CC42

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CC42	1.00	1.66	12.67	12.67
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC52C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9cc42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 204, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.153 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8db7f',
    500: '#d9cc42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9cc42;
$custom-light: #e8db7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9cc42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.834,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83179,
    "c": 0.1533,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CC42

secondary

#333B8C

accent

#4DE93E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CC42

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

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