#D9CC4A#D9CC4A

#D9CC4A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.148 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CC4A
RGB	rgb(217, 204, 74)
HSL	hsl(55, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(55, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 65.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.98, -10.53, 63.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.98, 64.67, 99.37°)
OKLab	oklab(83.24% -0.0347 0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(83.24% 0.148 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.4462, 58.4339, 15.0462)
Luminance	0.5843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CC4A #4A57D9

analogous

#D9844A #D9CC4A #9FD94A

triadic

#D9CC4A #4AD9CC #CC4AD9

tetradic

#D9CC4A #4AD984 #4A57D9 #D94A9F

square

#D9CC4A #4AD984 #4A57D9 #D94A9F

split-complementary

#D9CC4A #4A9FD9 #844AD9

monochromatic

#8B811D #BEB028 #D9CC4A #E4DA7D #EEE9AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#D9CC4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.69

#D9CC4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CC4A

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CC4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CC4A	1.00	1.66	12.69	12.69
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC539

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9cc4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 204, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.148 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8db83',
    500: '#d9cc4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9cc4a;
$custom-light: #e8db83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9cc4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 65.297,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83242,
    "c": 0.14785,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CC4A

secondary

#363E91

accent

#4FE840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CC4A

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

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