#D7C556#D7C556

#D7C556 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.132 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D7C556
RGB	rgb(215, 197, 86)
HSL	hsl(52, 62%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(52, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 60%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.07, -7.05, 56.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.07, 57.06, 97.10°)
OKLab	oklab(81.72% -0.0233 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(81.72% 0.132 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.6722, 55.0535, 16.8122)
Luminance	0.5505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D7C556 #5668D7

analogous

#D78556 #D7C556 #A9D756

triadic

#D7C556 #56D7C5 #C556D7

tetradic

#D7C556 #56D785 #5668D7 #D756A9

square

#D7C556 #56D785 #5668D7 #D756A9

split-complementary

#D7C556 #56A9D7 #8556D7

monochromatic

#908122 #C2AD2E #D7C556 #E3D687 #EEE7B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#D7C556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.01

#D7C556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D7C556

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D7C556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D7C556	1.00	1.75	12.01	12.01
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C04A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6B8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d7c556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(215, 197, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.132 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d68a',
    500: '#d7c556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d7c556;
$custom-light: #e6d68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d7c556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 215,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.628,
    "s": 61.722,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81718,
    "c": 0.13234,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D7C556

secondary

#3B4896

accent

#5AE543

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D7C556

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

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