#D9CD44#D9CD44

#D9CD44 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.153 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#D9CD44
RGBrgb(217, 205, 68)
HSLhsl(55, 66%, 56%)
HSVhsv(55, 69%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 5.5%, 68.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(81.20, -11.36, 66.37)
CIE-LCHlch(81.20, 67.34, 99.71°)
OKLaboklab(83.4% -0.0377 0.1482)
OKLCHoklch(83.4% 0.153 104.3)
XYZxyz(51.4921, 58.8337, 14.1114)
Luminance0.5883 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#D9CD44 #4450D9
analogous
#D98244 #D9CD44 #9AD944
triadic
#D9CD44 #44D9CD #CD44D9
tetradic
#D9CD44 #44D982 #4450D9 #D9449A
square
#D9CD44 #44D982 #4450D9 #D9449A
split-complementary
#D9CD44 #449AD9 #8244D9
monochromatic
#877E1B #BAAE26 #D9CD44 #E3DB77 #EEE8AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64
#D9CD44 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.77
#D9CD44 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CD44
12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##D9CD44#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##D9CD441.001.6412.7712.77
#FFFFFF1.641.0021.0021.00
#00000012.7721.001.001.00
##00000012.7721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#DFC62F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E3CD4D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#E9BFB2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #d9cd44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 205, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.153 104.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8db80',
    500: '#d9cd44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #d9cd44;
$custom-light: #e8db80;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#d9cd44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.168,
    "s": 66.222,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83404,
    "c": 0.15287,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#D9CD44
secondary
#343B8D
accent
#4CE93F
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FEFBF2
border
#D6D4CC
text
#17150B
muted
#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CD44

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#D9CD44 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva