#D9CE4E#D9CE4E

#D9CE4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.147 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CE4E
RGB	rgb(217, 206, 78)
HSL	hsl(55, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(55, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 64.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.54, -11.31, 62.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.54, 63.77, 100.21°)
OKLab	oklab(83.69% -0.0365 0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(83.69% 0.147 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.0637, 59.4463, 15.9381)
Luminance	0.5944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CE4E #4E59D9

analogous

#D9894E #D9CE4E #9ED94E

triadic

#D9CE4E #4ED9CE #CE4ED9

tetradic

#D9CE4E #4ED989 #4E59D9 #D94E9E

square

#D9CE4E #4ED989 #4E59D9 #D94E9E

split-complementary

#D9CE4E #4E9ED9 #894ED9

monochromatic

#8E851F #C0B529 #D9CE4E #E4DC80 #EFEAB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#D9CE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.89

#D9CE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CE4E

12.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CE4E	1.00	1.63	12.89	12.89
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC73E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9ce4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 206, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.147 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dc86',
    500: '#d9ce4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9ce4e;
$custom-light: #e8dc86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9ce4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.252,
    "s": 64.651,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83694,
    "c": 0.14674,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CE4E

secondary

#383F94

accent

#4DE840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CE4E

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

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