#D9C455#D9C455

#D9C455 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.132 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C455
RGB	rgb(217, 196, 85)
HSL	hsl(50, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 60.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.98, -5.77, 57.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.98, 57.30, 95.78°)
OKLab	oklab(81.68% -0.0199 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(81.68% 0.132 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.9969, 54.8896, 16.5538)
Luminance	0.5489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C455 #556AD9

analogous

#D98255 #D9C455 #ACD955

triadic

#D9C455 #55D9C4 #C455D9

tetradic

#D9C455 #55D982 #556AD9 #D955AC

square

#D9C455 #55D982 #556AD9 #D955AC

split-complementary

#D9C455 #55ACD9 #8255D9

monochromatic

#938121 #C5AC2C #D9C455 #E4D587 #EFE7B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#D9C455 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#D9C455 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C455

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C455	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C455	1.00	1.75	11.98	11.98
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c455;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 196, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.132 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d589',
    500: '#d9c455',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c455;
$custom-light: #e8d589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c455",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.455,
    "s": 63.462,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81682,
    "c": 0.13242,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C455

secondary

#3A4998

accent

#5CE641

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C455

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

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