#D9CC4E#D9CC4E

#D9CC4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.145 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CC4E
RGB	rgb(217, 204, 78)
HSL	hsl(54, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(54, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 64.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.01, -10.30, 62.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.01, 63.05, 99.40°)
OKLab	oklab(83.28% -0.0336 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(83.28% 0.145 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.5853, 58.4895, 15.7786)
Luminance	0.5849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CC4E #4E5BD9

analogous

#D9864E #D9CC4E #A1D94E

triadic

#D9CC4E #4ED9CC #CC4ED9

tetradic

#D9CC4E #4ED986 #4E5BD9 #D94EA1

square

#D9CC4E #4ED986 #4E5BD9 #D94EA1

split-complementary

#D9CC4E #4EA1D9 #864ED9

monochromatic

#8E841F #C0B229 #D9CC4E #E4DB80 #EFE9B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#D9CC4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.70

#D9CC4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CC4E

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CC4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CC4E	1.00	1.65	12.70	12.70
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC63E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9cc4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 204, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.145 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8db85',
    500: '#d9cc4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9cc4e;
$custom-light: #e8db85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9cc4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.388,
    "s": 64.651,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83276,
    "c": 0.14492,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CC4E

secondary

#384094

accent

#50E840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CC4E

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

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