#D9C258#D9C258

#D9C258 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.128 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C258
RGB	rgb(217, 194, 88)
HSL	hsl(49, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 59.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.49, -4.53, 55.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.49, 55.30, 94.70°)
OKLab	oklab(81.3% -0.016 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(81.3% 0.128 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.6705, 54.0421, 17.0455)
Luminance	0.5404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C258 #586FD9

analogous

#D98158 #D9C258 #B0D958

triadic

#D9C258 #58D9C2 #C258D9

tetradic

#D9C258 #58D981 #586FD9 #D958B0

square

#D9C258 #58D981 #586FD9 #D958B0

split-complementary

#D9C258 #58B0D9 #8158D9

monochromatic

#958022 #C7AB2D #D9C258 #E4D48A #F0E6BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#D9C258 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#D9C258 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C258

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C258	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C258	1.00	1.78	11.81	11.81
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BE4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C65D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c258;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 194, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.128 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d48b',
    500: '#d9c258',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c258;
$custom-light: #e8d48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c258",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.302,
    "s": 62.927,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81302,
    "c": 0.12827,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C258

secondary

#3C4C9A

accent

#5FE642

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C258

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

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