#D9CC4C#D9CC4C

#D9CC4C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.146 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CC4C
RGB	rgb(217, 204, 76)
HSL	hsl(54, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(54, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 65%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.99, -10.42, 63.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.99, 63.87, 99.39°)
OKLab	oklab(83.26% -0.0342 0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(83.26% 0.146 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.5147, 58.4612, 15.4067)
Luminance	0.5846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CC4C #4C59D9

analogous

#D9854C #D9CC4C #A0D94C

triadic

#D9CC4C #4CD9CC #CC4CD9

tetradic

#D9CC4C #4CD985 #4C59D9 #D94CA0

square

#D9CC4C #4CD985 #4C59D9 #D94CA0

split-complementary

#D9CC4C #4CA0D9 #854CD9

monochromatic

#8D831E #BFB129 #D9CC4C #E4DA7E #EEE9B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#D9CC4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.69

#D9CC4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CC4C

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CC4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CC4C	1.00	1.65	12.69	12.69
#FFFFFF	1.65	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)

#DDC53B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9cc4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 204, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.146 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8db84',
    500: '#d9cc4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9cc4c;
$custom-light: #e8db84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9cc4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.468,
    "s": 64.977,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83258,
    "c": 0.1464,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CC4C

secondary

#373F92

accent

#4FE840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CC4C

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

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