#D9C050#D9C050

#D9C050 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.133 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C050
RGB	rgb(217, 192, 80)
HSL	hsl(49, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(49, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 63.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.89, -4.03, 58.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.89, 58.17, 93.97°)
OKLab	oklab(80.81% -0.0155 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(80.81% 0.133 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.9150, 53.0325, 15.2476)
Luminance	0.5303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C050 #5069D9

analogous

#D97B50 #D9C050 #ADD950

triadic

#D9C050 #50D9C0 #C050D9

tetradic

#D9C050 #50D97B #5069D9 #D950AD

square

#D9C050 #50D97B #5069D9 #D950AD

split-complementary

#D9C050 #50ADD9 #7B50D9

monochromatic

#8F7B1F #C2A62A #D9C050 #E4D282 #EFE4B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#D9C050 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.61

#D9C050 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C050

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C050	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C050	1.00	1.81	11.61	11.61
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BC43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C456

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c050;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 192, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.133 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d286',
    500: '#d9c050',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c050;
$custom-light: #e8d286;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c050",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.051,
    "s": 64.319,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80809,
    "c": 0.13329,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C050

secondary

#384995

accent

#5FE740

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C050

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

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