#D7C159#D7C159

#D7C159 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.126 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D7C159
RGB	rgb(215, 193, 89)
HSL	hsl(50, 61%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(50, 59%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 58.6%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.06, -4.78, 54.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.06, 54.34, 95.04°)
OKLab	oklab(80.92% -0.0165 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(80.92% 0.126 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.8994, 53.3104, 17.1635)
Luminance	0.5331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D7C159 #596FD7

analogous

#D78259 #D7C159 #AED759

triadic

#D7C159 #59D7C1 #C159D7

tetradic

#D7C159 #59D782 #596FD7 #D759AE

square

#D7C159 #59D782 #596FD7 #D759AE

split-complementary

#D7C159 #59AED7 #8259D7

monochromatic

#927F23 #C4AA2F #D7C159 #E3D38A #EFE6BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#D7C159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#D7C159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D7C159

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D7C159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D7C159	1.00	1.80	11.66	11.66
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BD4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C45E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6B4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d7c159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(215, 193, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.126 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d38b',
    500: '#d7c159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d7c159;
$custom-light: #e6d38b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d7c159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 215,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.524,
    "s": 61.165,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80924,
    "c": 0.12641,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D7C159

secondary

#3D4D98

accent

#60E444

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D7C159

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

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