#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
RGB	rgb(217, 205, 68)
HSL	hsl(55, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(55, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 68.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.20, -11.36, 66.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.20, 67.34, 99.71°)
OKLab	oklab(83.4% -0.0377 0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(83.4% 0.153 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.4921, 58.8337, 14.1114)
Luminance	0.5883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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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
##D9CD44	1.00	1.64	12.77	12.77
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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