#D7C459#D7C459

#D7C459 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.129 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D7C459
RGB	rgb(215, 196, 89)
HSL	hsl(51, 61%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 59%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 58.6%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.84, -6.33, 55.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.84, 55.37, 96.56°)
OKLab	oklab(81.54% -0.0209 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(81.54% 0.129 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.5693, 54.6503, 17.3868)
Luminance	0.5465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D7C459 #596CD7

analogous

#D78559 #D7C459 #ABD759

triadic

#D7C459 #59D7C4 #C459D7

tetradic

#D7C459 #59D785 #596CD7 #D759AB

square

#D7C459 #59D785 #596CD7 #D759AB

split-complementary

#D7C459 #59ABD7 #8559D7

monochromatic

#928223 #C4AD2F #D7C459 #E3D68A #EFE7BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#D7C459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.93

#D7C459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D7C459

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D7C459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D7C459	1.00	1.76	11.93	11.93
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6B7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d7c459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(215, 196, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.129 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d58b',
    500: '#d7c459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d7c459;
$custom-light: #e6d58b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d7c459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 215,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.952,
    "s": 61.165,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81543,
    "c": 0.12892,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D7C459

secondary

#3D4A98

accent

#5CE444

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D7C459

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

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