#D9C459#D9C459

#D9C459 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.129 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C459
RGB	rgb(217, 196, 89)
HSL	hsl(50, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(50, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 59%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.02, -5.49, 55.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.02, 55.53, 95.67°)
OKLab	oklab(81.72% -0.0186 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(81.72% 0.129 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.1603, 54.9550, 17.4145)
Luminance	0.5495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C459 #596ED9

analogous

#D98459 #D9C459 #AED959

triadic

#D9C459 #59D9C4 #C459D9

tetradic

#D9C459 #59D984 #596ED9 #D959AE

square

#D9C459 #59D984 #596ED9 #D959AE

split-complementary

#D9C459 #59AED9 #8459D9

monochromatic

#958222 #C7AE2E #D9C459 #E4D68B #F0E7BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#D9C459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.99

#D9C459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C459

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C459	1.00	1.75	11.99	11.99
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 196, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.129 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d58c',
    500: '#d9c459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c459;
$custom-light: #e8d58c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.156,
    "s": 62.745,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81724,
    "c": 0.12904,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C459

secondary

#3C4B9A

accent

#5DE642

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C459

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

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