#D7C457#D7C457

#D7C457 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.131 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D7C457
RGB	rgb(215, 196, 87)
HSL	hsl(51, 62%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 59.5%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.82, -6.47, 55.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.82, 56.27, 96.60°)
OKLab	oklab(81.52% -0.0215 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(81.52% 0.131 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.4865, 54.6171, 16.9505)
Luminance	0.5462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D7C457 #576AD7

analogous

#D78457 #D7C457 #AAD757

triadic

#D7C457 #57D7C4 #C457D7

tetradic

#D7C457 #57D784 #576AD7 #D757AA

square

#D7C457 #57D784 #576AD7 #D757AA

split-complementary

#D7C457 #57AAD7 #8457D7

monochromatic

#918123 #C2AC2E #D7C457 #E3D588 #EFE7BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#D7C457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.92

#D7C457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D7C457

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D7C457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D7C457	1.00	1.76	11.92	11.92
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6B7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d7c457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(215, 196, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.131 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d58a',
    500: '#d7c457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d7c457;
$custom-light: #e6d58a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d7c457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 215,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.094,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81521,
    "c": 0.13064,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D7C457

secondary

#3C4996

accent

#5BE543

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D7C457

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

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