#D9CC4F#D9CC4F

#D9CC4F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.144 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CC4F
RGB	rgb(217, 204, 79)
HSL	hsl(54, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(54, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 63.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.02, -10.24, 61.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.02, 62.64, 99.41°)
OKLab	oklab(83.29% -0.0333 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(83.29% 0.144 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.6214, 58.5039, 15.9688)
Luminance	0.5850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CC4F #4F5CD9

analogous

#D9874F #D9CC4F #A1D94F

triadic

#D9CC4F #4FD9CC #CC4FD9

tetradic

#D9CC4F #4FD987 #4F5CD9 #D94FA1

square

#D9CC4F #4FD987 #4F5CD9 #D94FA1

split-complementary

#D9CC4F #4FA1D9 #874FD9

monochromatic

#8F841F #C1B32A #D9CC4F #E4DB81 #EFE9B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#D9CC4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.70

#D9CC4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CC4F

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CC4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CC4F	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)

#DDC640

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8BFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9cc4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 204, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.144 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8db86',
    500: '#d9cc4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9cc4f;
$custom-light: #e8db86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9cc4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.348,
    "s": 64.486,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83285,
    "c": 0.14415,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CC4F

secondary

#384194

accent

#50E740

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CC4F

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

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