#D9CD4E#D9CD4E

#D9CD4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.146 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CD4E
RGB	rgb(217, 205, 78)
HSL	hsl(55, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(55, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 64.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.27, -10.80, 62.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.27, 63.41, 99.81°)
OKLab	oklab(83.49% -0.0351 0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(83.49% 0.146 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.8237, 58.9664, 15.8581)
Luminance	0.5896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CD4E #4E5AD9

analogous

#D9874E #D9CD4E #9FD94E

triadic

#D9CD4E #4ED9CD #CD4ED9

tetradic

#D9CD4E #4ED987 #4E5AD9 #D94E9F

square

#D9CD4E #4ED987 #4E5AD9 #D94E9F

split-complementary

#D9CD4E #4E9FD9 #874ED9

monochromatic

#8E841F #C0B329 #D9CD4E #E4DB80 #EFE9B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#D9CD4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.79

#D9CD4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CD4E

12.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CD4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CD4E	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)

#DEC63E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9cd4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 205, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.146 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dc85',
    500: '#d9cd4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9cd4e;
$custom-light: #e8dc85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9cd4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.82,
    "s": 64.651,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83485,
    "c": 0.14582,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CD4E

secondary

#384094

accent

#4FE840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CD4E

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

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