#D9CE4A#D9CE4A

#D9CE4A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.150 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CE4A
RGB	rgb(217, 206, 74)
HSL	hsl(55, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(55, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 65.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.51, -11.54, 64.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.51, 65.38, 100.17°)
OKLab	oklab(83.66% -0.0376 0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(83.66% 0.15 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.9246, 59.3907, 15.2056)
Luminance	0.5939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CE4A #4A55D9

analogous

#D9874A #D9CE4A #9CD94A

triadic

#D9CE4A #4AD9CE #CE4AD9

tetradic

#D9CE4A #4AD987 #4A55D9 #D94A9C

square

#D9CE4A #4AD987 #4A55D9 #D94A9C

split-complementary

#D9CE4A #4A9CD9 #874AD9

monochromatic

#8B831D #BEB228 #D9CE4A #E4DC7D #EEE9AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#D9CE4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.88

#D9CE4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CE4A

12.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CE4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CE4A	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)

#DFC738

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9ce4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 206, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.150 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dc83',
    500: '#d9ce4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9ce4a;
$custom-light: #e8dc83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9ce4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 65.297,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8366,
    "c": 0.14966,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CE4A

secondary

#363D91

accent

#4DE840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CE4A

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

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