#D9CF40#D9CF40

#D9CF40 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.157 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CF40
RGB	rgb(217, 207, 64)
HSL	hsl(56, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 70.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.70, -12.57, 68.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.70, 69.50, 100.42°)
OKLab	oklab(83.8% -0.0415 0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(83.8% 0.157 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.8556, 59.7495, 13.6508)
Luminance	0.5975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CF40 #404AD9

analogous

#D98240 #D9CF40 #97D940

triadic

#D9CF40 #40D9CF #CF40D9

tetradic

#D9CF40 #40D982 #404AD9 #D94097

square

#D9CF40 #40D982 #404AD9 #D94097

split-complementary

#D9CF40 #4097D9 #8240D9

monochromatic

#847D1A #B7AE24 #D9CF40 #E3DC73 #EDE9A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#D9CF40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.95

#D9CF40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CF40

12.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CF40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CF40	1.00	1.62	12.95	12.95
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C828

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CE4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9cf40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 207, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.157 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dd7e',
    500: '#d9cf40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9cf40;
$custom-light: #e8dd7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9cf40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.078,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83795,
    "c": 0.15723,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CF40

secondary

#32388B

accent

#49EA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CF40

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

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