#D3C859#D3C859

#D3C859 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.133 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D3C859
RGB	rgb(211, 200, 89)
HSL	hsl(55, 58%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(55, 58%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 57.8%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.55, -10.04, 55.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.55, 56.61, 100.21°)
OKLab	oklab(82.02% -0.0313 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(82.02% 0.133 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.3231, 55.8804, 17.6371)
Luminance	0.5588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D3C859 #5964D3

analogous

#D38B59 #D3C859 #A1D359

triadic

#D3C859 #59D3C8 #C859D3

tetradic

#D3C859 #59D38B #5964D3 #D359A1

square

#D3C859 #59D38B #5964D3 #D359A1

split-complementary

#D3C859 #59A1D3 #8B59D3

monochromatic

#8C8325 #BDB032 #D3C859 #E0D889 #EDE8BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#D3C859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#D3C859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D3C859

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D3C859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D3C859	1.00	1.72	12.18	12.18
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C24D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E1BCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d3c859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(211, 200, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.133 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e3d88c',
    500: '#d3c859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d3c859;
$custom-light: #e3d88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d3c859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 211,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.59,
    "s": 58.095,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82021,
    "c": 0.13255,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D3C859

secondary

#3E4592

accent

#54E146

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D3C859

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

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