#D1C859#D1C859

#D1C859 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.133 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D1C859
RGB	rgb(209, 200, 89)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(56, 57%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 57.4%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.38, -10.87, 55.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.38, 56.53, 101.08°)
OKLab	oklab(81.85% -0.0336 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(81.85% 0.133 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.7535, 55.5868, 17.6104)
Luminance	0.5558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D1C859 #5962D1

analogous

#D18C59 #D1C859 #9ED159

triadic

#D1C859 #59D1C8 #C859D1

tetradic

#D1C859 #59D18C #5962D1 #D1599E

square

#D1C859 #59D18C #5962D1 #D1599E

split-complementary

#D1C859 #599ED1 #8C59D1

monochromatic

#898226 #B9AF33 #D1C859 #DED889 #ECE8B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#D1C859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.12

#D1C859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D1C859

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D1C859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D1C859	1.00	1.73	12.12	12.12
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C24D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DFBCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d1c859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(209, 200, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.133 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2d88c',
    500: '#d1c859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d1c859;
$custom-light: #e2d88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d1c859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 209,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.5,
    "s": 56.604,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81847,
    "c": 0.13265,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D1C859

secondary

#3E4490

accent

#53E048

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D1C859

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

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