#D9C359#D9C359

#D9C359 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.128 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C359
RGB	rgb(217, 195, 89)
HSL	hsl(50, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(50, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 59%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.76, -4.98, 54.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.76, 55.19, 95.17°)
OKLab	oklab(81.52% -0.0172 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(81.52% 0.128 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.9355, 54.5054, 17.3395)
Luminance	0.5450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C359 #596FD9

analogous

#D98359 #D9C359 #AFD959

triadic

#D9C359 #59D9C3 #C359D9

tetradic

#D9C359 #59D983 #596FD9 #D959AF

square

#D9C359 #59D983 #596FD9 #D959AF

split-complementary

#D9C359 #59AFD9 #8359D9

monochromatic

#958222 #C7AD2E #D9C359 #E4D58B #F0E7BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#D9C359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.90

#D9C359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C359

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C359	1.00	1.76	11.90	11.90
#FFFFFF	1.76	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)

#D4BF4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 195, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.128 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d48b',
    500: '#d9c359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c359;
$custom-light: #e8d48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.688,
    "s": 62.745,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81518,
    "c": 0.12822,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C359

secondary

#3C4C9A

accent

#5EE642

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C359

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

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