#D9C252#D9C252

#D9C252 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.133 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C252
RGB	rgb(217, 194, 82)
HSL	hsl(50, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 62.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.43, -4.94, 57.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.43, 57.95, 94.89°)
OKLab	oklab(81.24% -0.0179 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(81.24% 0.133 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.4321, 53.9468, 15.7900)
Luminance	0.5394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C252 #5269D9

analogous

#D97E52 #D9C252 #ACD952

triadic

#D9C252 #52D9C2 #C252D9

tetradic

#D9C252 #52D97E #5269D9 #D952AC

square

#D9C252 #52D97E #5269D9 #D952AC

split-complementary

#D9C252 #52ACD9 #7E52D9

monochromatic

#917E20 #C3A92B #D9C252 #E4D484 #EFE5B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#D9C252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#D9C252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C252

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C252	1.00	1.78	11.79	11.79
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC558

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 194, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.133 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d487',
    500: '#d9c252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c252;
$custom-light: #e8d487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.778,
    "s": 63.981,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8124,
    "c": 0.13325,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C252

secondary

#394996

accent

#5DE741

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C252

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

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