#D9CE49#D9CE49

#D9CE49 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.150 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CE49
RGB	rgb(217, 206, 73)
HSL	hsl(55, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(55, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 66.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.50, -11.60, 64.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.50, 65.77, 100.16°)
OKLab	oklab(83.65% -0.0378 0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(83.65% 0.15 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.8912, 59.3773, 15.0296)
Luminance	0.5938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CE49 #4954D9

analogous

#D98649 #D9CE49 #9CD949

triadic

#D9CE49 #49D9CE #CE49D9

tetradic

#D9CE49 #49D986 #4954D9 #D9499C

square

#D9CE49 #49D986 #4954D9 #D9499C

split-complementary

#D9CE49 #499CD9 #8649D9

monochromatic

#8B821D #BDB228 #D9CE49 #E4DC7C #EEE9AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#D9CE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.88

#D9CE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CE49

12.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CE49	1.00	1.63	12.88	12.88
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C737

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9ce49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 206, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.150 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dc83',
    500: '#d9ce49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9ce49;
$custom-light: #e8dc83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9ce49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.417,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83652,
    "c": 0.15037,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CE49

secondary

#363D91

accent

#4CE83F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CE49

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

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