#D9C358#D9C358

#D9C358 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.129 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C358
RGB	rgb(217, 195, 88)
HSL	hsl(50, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(50, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 59.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.75, -5.05, 55.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.75, 55.64, 95.20°)
OKLab	oklab(81.51% -0.0175 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(81.51% 0.129 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.8938, 54.4887, 17.1199)
Luminance	0.5449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C358 #586ED9

analogous

#D98258 #D9C358 #AFD958

triadic

#D9C358 #58D9C3 #C358D9

tetradic

#D9C358 #58D982 #586ED9 #D958AF

square

#D9C358 #58D982 #586ED9 #D958AF

split-complementary

#D9C358 #58AFD9 #8258D9

monochromatic

#958122 #C7AC2D #D9C358 #E4D58A #F0E7BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#D9C358 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.90

#D9C358 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C358

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C358	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C358	1.00	1.77	11.90	11.90
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BF4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c358;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 195, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.129 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d48b',
    500: '#d9c358',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c358;
$custom-light: #e8d48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c358",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.767,
    "s": 62.927,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81507,
    "c": 0.12908,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C358

secondary

#3C4C9A

accent

#5EE642

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C358

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

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