#D9C152#D9C152

#D9C152 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.132 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C152
RGB	rgb(217, 193, 82)
HSL	hsl(49, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 62.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.17, -4.42, 57.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.17, 57.62, 94.40°)
OKLab	oklab(81.03% -0.0164 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(81.03% 0.132 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.2103, 53.5031, 15.7161)
Luminance	0.5350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C152 #526AD9

analogous

#D97D52 #D9C152 #ADD952

triadic

#D9C152 #52D9C1 #C152D9

tetradic

#D9C152 #52D97D #526AD9 #D952AD

square

#D9C152 #52D97D #526AD9 #D952AD

split-complementary

#D9C152 #52ADD9 #7D52D9

monochromatic

#917D20 #C3A82B #D9C152 #E4D384 #EFE5B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#D9C152 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#D9C152 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C152

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C152	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C152	1.00	1.79	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C558

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c152;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 193, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.132 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d387',
    500: '#d9c152',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c152;
$custom-light: #e8d387;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c152",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.333,
    "s": 63.981,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81034,
    "c": 0.13247,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C152

secondary

#394A96

accent

#5EE741

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C152

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

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