#D9CC46#D9CC46

#D9CC46 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.151 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CC46
RGB	rgb(217, 204, 70)
HSL	hsl(55, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(55, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 67.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.95, -10.75, 65.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.95, 66.23, 99.34°)
OKLab	oklab(83.21% -0.0358 0.1463)
OKLCH	oklch(83.21% 0.151 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.3157, 58.3817, 14.3589)
Luminance	0.5838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CC46 #4653D9

analogous

#D98346 #D9CC46 #9DD946

triadic

#D9CC46 #46D9CC #CC46D9

tetradic

#D9CC46 #46D983 #4653D9 #D9469D

square

#D9CC46 #46D983 #4653D9 #D9469D

split-complementary

#D9CC46 #469DD9 #8346D9

monochromatic

#897F1C #BBAE26 #D9CC46 #E3DA79 #EEE8AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#D9CC46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.68

#D9CC46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CC46

12.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CC46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CC46	1.00	1.66	12.68	12.68
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC533

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9cc46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 204, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.151 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8db81',
    500: '#d9cc46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9cc46;
$custom-light: #e8db81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9cc46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.694,
    "s": 65.919,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83209,
    "c": 0.15065,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CC46

secondary

#353D8F

accent

#4EE93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CC46

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

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