#D9CE44#D9CE44

#D9CE44 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.154 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CE44
RGB	rgb(217, 206, 68)
HSL	hsl(56, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(56, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 68.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.46, -11.87, 66.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.46, 67.69, 100.10°)
OKLab	oklab(83.61% -0.0391 0.1487)
OKLCH	oklch(83.61% 0.154 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.7320, 59.3136, 14.1914)
Luminance	0.5931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CE44 #444FD9

analogous

#D98344 #D9CE44 #9AD944

triadic

#D9CE44 #44D9CE #CE44D9

tetradic

#D9CE44 #44D983 #444FD9 #D9449A

square

#D9CE44 #44D983 #444FD9 #D9449A

split-complementary

#D9CE44 #449AD9 #8344D9

monochromatic

#877F1B #BAAF26 #D9CE44 #E3DB77 #EEE9AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#D9CE44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.86

#D9CE44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CE44

12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CE44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CE44	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)

#E0C72F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CD4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9ce44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 206, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.154 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dc80',
    500: '#d9ce44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9ce44;
$custom-light: #e8dc80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9ce44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.57,
    "s": 66.222,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83613,
    "c": 0.15377,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CE44

secondary

#343A8D

accent

#4BE93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CE44

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

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