#D9CE41#D9CE41

#D9CE41 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.156 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CE41
RGB	rgb(217, 206, 65)
HSL	hsl(56, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 70%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.44, -12.02, 67.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.44, 68.79, 100.06°)
OKLab	oklab(83.59% -0.0399 0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(83.59% 0.156 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.6428, 59.2780, 13.7215)
Luminance	0.5928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CE41 #414CD9

analogous

#D98241 #D9CE41 #98D941

triadic

#D9CE41 #41D9CE #CE41D9

tetradic

#D9CE41 #41D982 #414CD9 #D94198

square

#D9CE41 #41D982 #414CD9 #D94198

split-complementary

#D9CE41 #4198D9 #8241D9

monochromatic

#857D1B #B8AD25 #D9CE41 #E3DB74 #EDE8A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#D9CE41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.86

#D9CE41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CE41

12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CE41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CE41	1.00	1.63	12.86	12.86
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C72A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CD4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9ce41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 206, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.156 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dc7e',
    500: '#d9ce41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9ce41;
$custom-light: #e8dc7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9ce41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.658,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83591,
    "c": 0.15571,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CE41

secondary

#33398B

accent

#4BEA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CE41

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

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