#D9CD4C#D9CD4C

#D9CD4C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.147 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CD4C
RGB	rgb(217, 205, 76)
HSL	hsl(55, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(55, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 65%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.26, -10.92, 63.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.26, 64.22, 99.79°)
OKLab	oklab(83.47% -0.0356 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(83.47% 0.147 104)
XYZ	xyz(51.7531, 58.9381, 15.4862)
Luminance	0.5894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CD4C #4C58D9

analogous

#D9874C #D9CD4C #9ED94C

triadic

#D9CD4C #4CD9CD #CD4CD9

tetradic

#D9CD4C #4CD987 #4C58D9 #D94C9E

square

#D9CD4C #4CD987 #4C58D9 #D94C9E

split-complementary

#D9CD4C #4C9ED9 #874CD9

monochromatic

#8D831E #BFB229 #D9CD4C #E4DB7E #EEE9B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#D9CD4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.79

#D9CD4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CD4C

12.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CD4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CD4C	1.00	1.64	12.79	12.79
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC63B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9cd4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 205, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.147 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dc84',
    500: '#d9cd4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9cd4c;
$custom-light: #e8dc84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9cd4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.894,
    "s": 64.977,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83468,
    "c": 0.1473,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.58936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CD4C

secondary

#373F92

accent

#4EE840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CD4C

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

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