#D9CD40#D9CD40

#D9CD40 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.155 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CD40
RGB	rgb(217, 205, 64)
HSL	hsl(55, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(55, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 70.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.17, -11.56, 67.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.17, 68.81, 99.67°)
OKLab	oklab(83.38% -0.0387 0.1506)
OKLCH	oklch(83.38% 0.155 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.3741, 58.7865, 13.4903)
Luminance	0.5878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CD40 #404CD9

analogous

#D98040 #D9CD40 #99D940

triadic

#D9CD40 #40D9CD #CD40D9

tetradic

#D9CD40 #40D980 #404CD9 #D94099

square

#D9CD40 #40D980 #404CD9 #D94099

split-complementary

#D9CD40 #4099D9 #8040D9

monochromatic

#847C1A #B7AC24 #D9CD40 #E3DA73 #EDE8A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#D9CD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.76

#D9CD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CD40

12.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CD40	1.00	1.65	12.76	12.76
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC629

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9cd40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 205, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.155 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8db7e',
    500: '#d9cd40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9cd40;
$custom-light: #e8db7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9cd40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.294,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83375,
    "c": 0.15545,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CD40

secondary

#32398B

accent

#4CEA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17150A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CD40

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

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