#D9CC49#D9CC49

#D9CC49 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.149 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CC49
RGB	rgb(217, 204, 73)
HSL	hsl(55, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(55, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 66.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.97, -10.59, 64.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.97, 65.07, 99.37°)
OKLab	oklab(83.23% -0.035 0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(83.23% 0.149 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.4128, 58.4205, 14.8702)
Luminance	0.5842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CC49 #4956D9

analogous

#D98449 #D9CC49 #9ED949

triadic

#D9CC49 #49D9CC #CC49D9

tetradic

#D9CC49 #49D984 #4956D9 #D9499E

square

#D9CC49 #49D984 #4956D9 #D9499E

split-complementary

#D9CC49 #499ED9 #8449D9

monochromatic

#8B811D #BDB028 #D9CC49 #E4DA7C #EEE8AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#D9CC49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.68

#D9CC49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CC49

12.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CC49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CC49	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)

#DEC537

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9cc49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 204, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.149 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8db82',
    500: '#d9cc49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9cc49;
$custom-light: #e8db82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9cc49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.583,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83233,
    "c": 0.14856,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CC49

secondary

#363E91

accent

#4FE83F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CC49

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

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