#D9C35A#D9C35A

#D9C35A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.127 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C35A
RGB	rgb(217, 195, 90)
HSL	hsl(50, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(50, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 58.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.77, -4.90, 54.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.77, 54.74, 95.14°)
OKLab	oklab(81.53% -0.0168 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(81.53% 0.127 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.9778, 54.5223, 17.5622)
Luminance	0.5452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C35A #5A70D9

analogous

#D9835A #D9C35A #B0D95A

triadic

#D9C35A #5AD9C3 #C35AD9

tetradic

#D9C35A #5AD983 #5A70D9 #D95AB0

square

#D9C35A #5AD983 #5A70D9 #D95AB0

split-complementary

#D9C35A #5AB0D9 #835AD9

monochromatic

#968223 #C8AD2E #D9C35A #E4D58C #F0E7BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#D9C35A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.90

#D9C35A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C35A

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C35A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C35A	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)

#D4BF4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c35a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 195, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.127 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d48c',
    500: '#d9c35a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c35a;
$custom-light: #e8d48c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c35a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.606,
    "s": 62.562,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81529,
    "c": 0.12736,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C35A

secondary

#3C4D9B

accent

#3ACA1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C35A

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

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