#D9C53C#D9C53C

#D9C53C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.151 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C53C
RGB	rgb(217, 197, 60)
HSL	hsl(52, 67%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(52, 72%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 72.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.05, -7.69, 67.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.05, 67.66, 96.52°)
OKLab	oklab(81.68% -0.0281 0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(81.68% 0.151 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.3994, 55.0127, 12.2906)
Luminance	0.5501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C53C #3C50D9

analogous

#D9773C #D9C53C #9ED93C

triadic

#D9C53C #3CD9C5 #C53CD9

tetradic

#D9C53C #3CD977 #3C50D9 #D93C9E

square

#D9C53C #3CD977 #3C50D9 #D93C9E

split-complementary

#D9C53C #3C9ED9 #773CD9

monochromatic

#817419 #B5A223 #D9C53C #E3D46F #EDE3A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#D9C53C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.00

#D9C53C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C53C

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C53C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C53C	1.00	1.75	12.00	12.00
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8BF24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC745

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c53c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 197, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.151 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d67b',
    500: '#d9c53c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c53c;
$custom-light: #e9d67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c53c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.357,
    "s": 67.382,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81677,
    "c": 0.15118,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C53C

secondary

#313C88

accent

#54EA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C53C

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

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