#D9CE4C#D9CE4C

#D9CE4C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.148 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CE4C
RGB	rgb(217, 206, 76)
HSL	hsl(55, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(55, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 65%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.52, -11.43, 63.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.52, 64.58, 100.19°)
OKLab	oklab(83.68% -0.037 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(83.68% 0.148 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.9931, 59.4181, 15.5662)
Luminance	0.5942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CE4C #4C57D9

analogous

#D9874C #D9CE4C #9ED94C

triadic

#D9CE4C #4CD9CE #CE4CD9

tetradic

#D9CE4C #4CD987 #4C57D9 #D94C9E

square

#D9CE4C #4CD987 #4C57D9 #D94C9E

split-complementary

#D9CE4C #4C9ED9 #874CD9

monochromatic

#8D841E #BFB329 #D9CE4C #E4DC7E #EEEAB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#D9CE4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.88

#D9CE4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CE4C

12.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CE4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CE4C	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)

#DFC73B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9ce4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 206, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.148 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dc84',
    500: '#d9ce4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9ce4c;
$custom-light: #e8dc84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9ce4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.319,
    "s": 64.977,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83677,
    "c": 0.14822,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CE4C

secondary

#373E92

accent

#4DE840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CE4C

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

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