#D9C53D#D9C53D

#D9C53D 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	#D9C53D
RGB	rgb(217, 197, 61)
HSL	hsl(52, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(52, 72%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 71.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.05, -7.64, 66.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.05, 67.30, 96.52°)
OKLab	oklab(81.68% -0.0279 0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(81.68% 0.151 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.4261, 55.0234, 12.4311)
Luminance	0.5502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C53D #3D51D9

analogous

#D9773D #D9C53D #9FD93D

triadic

#D9C53D #3DD9C5 #C53DD9

tetradic

#D9C53D #3DD977 #3D51D9 #D93D9F

square

#D9C53D #3DD977 #3D51D9 #D93D9F

split-complementary

#D9C53D #3D9FD9 #773DD9

monochromatic

#827519 #B5A324 #D9C53D #E3D470 #EDE4A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#D9C53D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.00

#D9C53D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C53D

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C53D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C53D	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)

#D8BF26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC746

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c53d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 197, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.151 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d67b',
    500: '#d9c53d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c53d;
$custom-light: #e9d67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c53d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.308,
    "s": 67.241,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81684,
    "c": 0.15057,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C53D

secondary

#313D89

accent

#54EA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C53D

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

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