#D7C256#D7C256

#D7C256 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.130 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D7C256
RGB	rgb(215, 194, 86)
HSL	hsl(50, 62%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 60%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.29, -5.51, 55.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.29, 56.02, 95.64°)
OKLab	oklab(81.1% -0.0189 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(81.1% 0.13 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.9978, 53.7047, 16.5874)
Luminance	0.5370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D7C256 #566BD7

analogous

#D78256 #D7C256 #ABD756

triadic

#D7C256 #56D7C2 #C256D7

tetradic

#D7C256 #56D782 #566BD7 #D756AB

square

#D7C256 #56D782 #566BD7 #D756AB

split-complementary

#D7C256 #56ABD7 #8256D7

monochromatic

#907E22 #C2AA2E #D7C256 #E3D487 #EEE6B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#D7C256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.74

#D7C256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D7C256

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D7C256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D7C256	1.00	1.79	11.74	11.74
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C55B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6B5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d7c256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(215, 194, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.130 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d489',
    500: '#d7c256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d7c256;
$custom-light: #e6d489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d7c256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 215,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.233,
    "s": 61.722,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81097,
    "c": 0.12981,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D7C256

secondary

#3B4A96

accent

#5DE543

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D7C256

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

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