#D9C357#D9C357

#D9C357 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.130 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C357
RGB	rgb(217, 195, 87)
HSL	hsl(50, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(50, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 59.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.74, -5.12, 55.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.74, 56.08, 95.23°)
OKLab	oklab(81.5% -0.0178 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(81.5% 0.13 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.8527, 54.4723, 16.9032)
Luminance	0.5447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C357 #576DD9

analogous

#D98257 #D9C357 #AED957

triadic

#D9C357 #57D9C3 #C357D9

tetradic

#D9C357 #57D982 #576DD9 #D957AE

square

#D9C357 #57D982 #576DD9 #D957AE

split-complementary

#D9C357 #57AED9 #8257D9

monochromatic

#948121 #C6AC2D #D9C357 #E4D589 #F0E7BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#D9C357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#D9C357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C357

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C357	1.00	1.77	11.89	11.89
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BF4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 195, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.130 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d48a',
    500: '#d9c357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c357;
$custom-light: #e8d48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.846,
    "s": 63.107,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81497,
    "c": 0.12993,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C357

secondary

#3B4B99

accent

#5DE642

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C357

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

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