#D9C15A#D9C15A

#D9C15A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.126 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C15A
RGB	rgb(217, 193, 90)
HSL	hsl(49, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 58.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.25, -3.87, 53.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.25, 54.07, 94.10°)
OKLab	oklab(81.12% -0.0139 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(81.12% 0.126 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.5327, 53.6321, 17.4138)
Luminance	0.5363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C15A #5A72D9

analogous

#D9815A #D9C15A #B2D95A

triadic

#D9C15A #5AD9C1 #C15AD9

tetradic

#D9C15A #5AD981 #5A72D9 #D95AB2

square

#D9C15A #5AD981 #5A72D9 #D95AB2

split-complementary

#D9C15A #5AB2D9 #815AD9

monochromatic

#968023 #C8AB2E #D9C15A #E4D48C #F0E6BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#D9C15A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.73

#D9C15A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C15A

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C15A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C15A	1.00	1.79	11.73	11.73
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BD50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C55F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c15a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 193, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.126 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d38c',
    500: '#d9c15a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c15a;
$custom-light: #e8d38c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c15a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.661,
    "s": 62.562,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81118,
    "c": 0.12575,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C15A

secondary

#3C4E9B

accent

#3CCA1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C15A

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

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