#D9CC44#D9CC44

#D9CC44 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.152 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CC44
RGB	rgb(217, 204, 68)
HSL	hsl(55, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(55, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 68.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.94, -10.86, 66.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.94, 67.00, 99.33°)
OKLab	oklab(83.19% -0.0363 0.1476)
OKLCH	oklch(83.19% 0.152 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.2536, 58.3568, 14.0319)
Luminance	0.5836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CC44 #4451D9

analogous

#D98144 #D9CC44 #9BD944

triadic

#D9CC44 #44D9CC #CC44D9

tetradic

#D9CC44 #44D981 #4451D9 #D9449B

square

#D9CC44 #44D981 #4451D9 #D9449B

split-complementary

#D9CC44 #449BD9 #8144D9

monochromatic

#877E1B #BAAD26 #D9CC44 #E3DA77 #EEE8AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#D9CC44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.67

#D9CC44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CC44

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CC44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CC44	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)

#DEC530

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9cc44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 204, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.152 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8db80',
    500: '#d9cc44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9cc44;
$custom-light: #e8db80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9cc44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.765,
    "s": 66.222,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83194,
    "c": 0.15199,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CC44

secondary

#343C8D

accent

#4EE93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CC44

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

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