#D9C059#D9C059

#D9C059 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.126 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C059
RGB	rgb(217, 192, 89)
HSL	hsl(48, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 59%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.98, -3.42, 54.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.98, 54.20, 93.62°)
OKLab	oklab(80.9% -0.0127 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(80.9% 0.126 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.2701, 53.1745, 17.1177)
Luminance	0.5317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C059 #5972D9

analogous

#D98059 #D9C059 #B2D959

triadic

#D9C059 #59D9C0 #C059D9

tetradic

#D9C059 #59D980 #5972D9 #D959B2

square

#D9C059 #59D980 #5972D9 #D959B2

split-complementary

#D9C059 #59B2D9 #8059D9

monochromatic

#957F22 #C7A92E #D9C059 #E4D38B #F0E6BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#D9C059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.63

#D9C059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C059

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C059	1.00	1.80	11.63	11.63
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BC4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C45E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 192, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.126 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d28b',
    500: '#d9c059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c059;
$custom-light: #e8d28b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.281,
    "s": 62.745,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80903,
    "c": 0.12583,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C059

secondary

#3C4E9A

accent

#62E642

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C059

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

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