#D9CD4F#D9CD4F

#D9CD4F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.145 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CD4F
RGB	rgb(217, 205, 79)
HSL	hsl(55, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(55, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 63.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.28, -10.74, 62.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.28, 63.00, 99.82°)
OKLab	oklab(83.49% -0.0348 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(83.49% 0.145 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.8598, 58.9808, 16.0483)
Luminance	0.5898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CD4F #4F5BD9

analogous

#D9884F #D9CD4F #A0D94F

triadic

#D9CD4F #4FD9CD #CD4FD9

tetradic

#D9CD4F #4FD988 #4F5BD9 #D94FA0

square

#D9CD4F #4FD988 #4F5BD9 #D94FA0

split-complementary

#D9CD4F #4FA0D9 #884FD9

monochromatic

#8F851F #C1B42A #D9CD4F #E4DB81 #EFEAB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#D9CD4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.80

#D9CD4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CD4F

12.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CD4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CD4F	1.00	1.64	12.80	12.80
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC63F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9cd4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 205, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.145 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dc86',
    500: '#d9cd4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9cd4f;
$custom-light: #e8dc86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9cd4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.783,
    "s": 64.486,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83494,
    "c": 0.14506,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CD4F

secondary

#384094

accent

#4FE740

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CD4F

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

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