#D7C959#D7C959

#D7C959 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.133 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D7C959
RGB	rgb(215, 201, 89)
HSL	hsl(53, 61%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(53, 59%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 58.6%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.15, -8.89, 56.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.15, 57.17, 98.94°)
OKLab	oklab(82.58% -0.0282 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(82.58% 0.133 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.7160, 56.9435, 17.7690)
Luminance	0.5694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D7C959 #5967D7

analogous

#D78A59 #D7C959 #A6D759

triadic

#D7C959 #59D7C9 #C959D7

tetradic

#D7C959 #59D78A #5967D7 #D759A6

square

#D7C959 #59D78A #5967D7 #D759A6

split-complementary

#D7C959 #59A6D7 #8A59D7

monochromatic

#928623 #C4B32F #D7C959 #E3D98A #EFE9BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#D7C959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39

#D7C959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D7C959

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D7C959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D7C959	1.00	1.70	12.39	12.39
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC34D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d7c959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(215, 201, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.133 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d98c',
    500: '#d7c959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d7c959;
$custom-light: #e6d98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d7c959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 215,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 61.165,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82581,
    "c": 0.13338,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D7C959

secondary

#3D4798

accent

#55E444

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D7C959

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

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