#D2C859#D2C859

#D2C859 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.133 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D2C859
RGB	rgb(210, 200, 89)
HSL	hsl(55, 57%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(55, 58%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 57.6%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.46, -10.45, 55.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.46, 56.57, 100.65°)
OKLab	oklab(81.93% -0.0324 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(81.93% 0.133 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.0374, 55.7331, 17.6237)
Luminance	0.5573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D2C859 #5963D2

analogous

#D28B59 #D2C859 #9FD259

triadic

#D2C859 #59D2C8 #C859D2

tetradic

#D2C859 #59D28B #5963D2 #D2599F

square

#D2C859 #59D28B #5963D2 #D2599F

split-complementary

#D2C859 #599FD2 #8B59D2

monochromatic

#8B8326 #BBB033 #D2C859 #DFD889 #ECE8B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#D2C859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#D2C859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D2C859

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D2C859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D2C859	1.00	1.73	12.15	12.15
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C24D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0BCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d2c859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(210, 200, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.133 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2d88c',
    500: '#d2c859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d2c859;
$custom-light: #e2d88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d2c859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 210,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.041,
    "s": 57.346,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81934,
    "c": 0.1326,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D2C859

secondary

#3E4591

accent

#54E147

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D2C859

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

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