#D9C353#D9C353

#D9C353 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.133 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C353
RGB	rgb(217, 195, 83)
HSL	hsl(50, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 61.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.70, -5.39, 57.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.70, 57.84, 95.34°)
OKLab	oklab(81.46% -0.019 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(81.46% 0.133 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.6938, 54.4087, 16.0663)
Luminance	0.5441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C353 #5369D9

analogous

#D98053 #D9C353 #ACD953

triadic

#D9C353 #53D9C3 #C353D9

tetradic

#D9C353 #53D980 #5369D9 #D953AC

square

#D9C353 #53D980 #5369D9 #D953AC

split-complementary

#D9C353 #53ACD9 #8053D9

monochromatic

#917F20 #C4AB2B #D9C353 #E4D485 #EFE6B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#D9C353 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#D9C353 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C353

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C353	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C353	1.00	1.77	11.88	11.88
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC659

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c353;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 195, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.133 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d488',
    500: '#d9c353',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c353;
$custom-light: #e8d488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c353",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.149,
    "s": 63.81,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81456,
    "c": 0.13325,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C353

secondary

#3A4997

accent

#5CE741

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C353

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

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