#D9C255#D9C255

#D9C255 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.131 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C255
RGB	rgb(217, 194, 85)
HSL	hsl(50, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 60.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.46, -4.74, 56.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.46, 56.64, 94.80°)
OKLab	oklab(81.27% -0.0169 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(81.27% 0.131 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.5488, 53.9934, 16.4044)
Luminance	0.5399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C255 #556CD9

analogous

#D98055 #D9C255 #AED955

triadic

#D9C255 #55D9C2 #C255D9

tetradic

#D9C255 #55D980 #556CD9 #D955AE

square

#D9C255 #55D980 #556CD9 #D955AE

split-complementary

#D9C255 #55AED9 #8055D9

monochromatic

#937F21 #C5AA2C #D9C255 #E4D487 #EFE6B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#D9C255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#D9C255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C255

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C255	1.00	1.78	11.80	11.80
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC55A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 194, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.131 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d489',
    500: '#d9c255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c255;
$custom-light: #e8d489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.545,
    "s": 63.462,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8127,
    "c": 0.1308,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C255

secondary

#3A4B98

accent

#5EE641

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C255

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

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