#D9C262#D9C262

#D9C262 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.119 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C262
RGB	rgb(217, 194, 98)
HSL	hsl(48, 61%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 55%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 54.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.59, -3.78, 50.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.59, 50.73, 94.27°)
OKLab	oklab(81.42% -0.0127 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(81.42% 0.119 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.1135, 54.2193, 19.3786)
Luminance	0.5422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C262 #6279D9

analogous

#D98762 #D9C262 #B5D962

triadic

#D9C262 #62D9C2 #C262D9

tetradic

#D9C262 #62D987 #6279D9 #D962B5

square

#D9C262 #62D987 #6279D9 #D962B5

split-complementary

#D9C262 #62B5D9 #8762D9

monochromatic

#9B8426 #CCAE31 #D9C262 #E5D593 #F1E8C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#D9C262 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#D9C262 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C262

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C262	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C262	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BE59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C666

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c262;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 194, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.119 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d491',
    500: '#d9c262',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c262;
$custom-light: #e7d491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c262",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.403,
    "s": 61.026,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81417,
    "c": 0.11933,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C262

secondary

#40529F

accent

#3EC91D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C262

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

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