#D7C557#D7C557

#D7C557 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.132 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D7C557
RGB	rgb(215, 197, 87)
HSL	hsl(52, 62%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(52, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 59.5%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.08, -6.98, 56.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.08, 56.62, 97.08°)
OKLab	oklab(81.73% -0.023 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(81.73% 0.132 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.7128, 55.0697, 17.0259)
Luminance	0.5507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D7C557 #5769D7

analogous

#D78557 #D7C557 #A9D757

triadic

#D7C557 #57D7C5 #C557D7

tetradic

#D7C557 #57D785 #5769D7 #D757A9

square

#D7C557 #57D785 #5769D7 #D757A9

split-complementary

#D7C557 #57A9D7 #8557D7

monochromatic

#918223 #C2AE2E #D7C557 #E3D688 #EFE7BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#D7C557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.01

#D7C557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D7C557

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D7C557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D7C557	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)

#D6C04B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6B8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d7c557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(215, 197, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.132 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d68a',
    500: '#d7c557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d7c557;
$custom-light: #e6d68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d7c557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 215,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.563,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81728,
    "c": 0.1315,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D7C557

secondary

#3C4996

accent

#5AE543

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D7C557

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

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