#D9CD42#D9CD42

#D9CD42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.154 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CD42
RGB	rgb(217, 205, 66)
HSL	hsl(55, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(55, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 69.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.19, -11.46, 67.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.19, 68.08, 99.69°)
OKLab	oklab(83.39% -0.0382 0.1494)
OKLCH	oklch(83.39% 0.154 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.4321, 58.8097, 13.7954)
Luminance	0.5881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CD42 #424ED9

analogous

#D98142 #D9CD42 #99D942

triadic

#D9CD42 #42D9CD #CD42D9

tetradic

#D9CD42 #42D981 #424ED9 #D94299

square

#D9CD42 #42D981 #424ED9 #D94299

split-complementary

#D9CD42 #4299D9 #8142D9

monochromatic

#867D1B #B9AD25 #D9CD42 #E3DA75 #EDE8A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#D9CD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.76

#D9CD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CD42

12.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CD42	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)

#DFC62C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9cd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 205, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.154 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8db7f',
    500: '#d9cd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9cd42;
$custom-light: #e8db7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9cd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.232,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83389,
    "c": 0.15418,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CD42

secondary

#333A8C

accent

#4CE93E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CD42

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

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