#D3C256#D3C256

#D3C256 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.130 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D3C256
RGB	rgb(211, 194, 86)
HSL	hsl(52, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(52, 59%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 59.2%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.94, -7.18, 55.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.94, 55.73, 97.40°)
OKLab	oklab(80.74% -0.0235 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(80.74% 0.13 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.8373, 53.1063, 16.5330)
Luminance	0.5310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D3C256 #5667D3

analogous

#D38356 #D3C256 #A5D356

triadic

#D3C256 #56D3C2 #C256D3

tetradic

#D3C256 #56D383 #5667D3 #D356A5

square

#D3C256 #56D383 #5667D3 #D356A5

split-complementary

#D3C256 #56A5D3 #8356D3

monochromatic

#8B7D24 #BBA831 #D3C256 #E0D487 #ECE5B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#D3C256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62

#D3C256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D3C256

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D3C256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D3C256	1.00	1.81	11.62	11.62
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C45B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E2B5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d3c256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(211, 194, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.130 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e3d489',
    500: '#d3c256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d3c256;
$custom-light: #e3d489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d3c256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 211,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.84,
    "s": 58.685,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80735,
    "c": 0.12961,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D3C256

secondary

#3C4891

accent

#5BE246

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D3C256

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

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