#D9C263#D9C263

#D9C263 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.118 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C263
RGB	rgb(217, 194, 99)
HSL	hsl(48, 61%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 54%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 54.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.60, -3.70, 50.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.60, 50.26, 94.22°)
OKLab	oklab(81.43% -0.0123 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(81.43% 0.118 96)
XYZ	xyz(50.1610, 54.2383, 19.6288)
Luminance	0.5424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C263 #637AD9

analogous

#D98763 #D9C263 #B5D963

triadic

#D9C263 #63D9C2 #C263D9

tetradic

#D9C263 #63D987 #637AD9 #D963B5

square

#D9C263 #63D987 #637AD9 #D963B5

split-complementary

#D9C263 #63B5D9 #8763D9

monochromatic

#9C8526 #CDAF32 #D9C263 #E5D594 #F1E8C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#D9C263 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#D9C263 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C263

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C263	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C263	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BE5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C667

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c263;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 194, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.118 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d492',
    500: '#d9c263',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c263;
$custom-light: #e7d492;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c263",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.305,
    "s": 60.825,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81429,
    "c": 0.11839,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.54236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C263

secondary

#4053A0

accent

#3EC91D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C263

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

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