#D9CE40#D9CE40

#D9CE40 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.156 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CE40
RGB	rgb(217, 206, 64)
HSL	hsl(56, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 70.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.44, -12.07, 68.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.44, 69.16, 100.05°)
OKLab	oklab(83.58% -0.0401 0.1511)
OKLCH	oklch(83.58% 0.156 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.6141, 59.2665, 13.5703)
Luminance	0.5926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CE40 #404BD9

analogous

#D98140 #D9CE40 #98D940

triadic

#D9CE40 #40D9CE #CE40D9

tetradic

#D9CE40 #40D981 #404BD9 #D94098

square

#D9CE40 #40D981 #404BD9 #D94098

split-complementary

#D9CE40 #4098D9 #8140D9

monochromatic

#847D1A #B7AD24 #D9CE40 #E3DB73 #EDE8A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#D9CE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.85

#D9CE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CE40

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CE40	1.00	1.63	12.85	12.85
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C728

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CD4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9ce40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 206, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.156 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dc7e',
    500: '#d9ce40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9ce40;
$custom-light: #e8dc7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9ce40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.686,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83584,
    "c": 0.15633,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CE40

secondary

#32398B

accent

#4AEA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17150A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CE40

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

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