#D9CC4D#D9CC4D

#D9CC4D 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	#D9CC4D
RGB	rgb(217, 204, 77)
HSL	hsl(54, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(54, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 64.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.00, -10.36, 62.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.00, 63.46, 99.39°)
OKLab	oklab(83.27% -0.0339 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(83.27% 0.146 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.5497, 58.4753, 15.5912)
Luminance	0.5847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CC4D #4D5AD9

analogous

#D9864D #D9CC4D #A0D94D

triadic

#D9CC4D #4DD9CC #CC4DD9

tetradic

#D9CC4D #4DD986 #4D5AD9 #D94DA0

square

#D9CC4D #4DD986 #4D5AD9 #D94DA0

split-complementary

#D9CC4D #4DA0D9 #864DD9

monochromatic

#8D831E #C0B229 #D9CC4D #E4DA7F #EFE9B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#D9CC4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.69

#D9CC4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CC4D

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CC4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CC4D	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)

#DDC63D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9cc4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 204, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.146 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8db85',
    500: '#d9cc4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9cc4d;
$custom-light: #e8db85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9cc4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.429,
    "s": 64.815,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83267,
    "c": 0.14566,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CC4D

secondary

#374093

accent

#50E840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CC4D

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

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