#D9C53F#D9C53F

#D9C53F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.149 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C53F
RGB	rgb(217, 197, 63)
HSL	hsl(52, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 71%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.07, -7.55, 66.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.07, 66.57, 96.51°)
OKLab	oklab(81.7% -0.0274 0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(81.7% 0.149 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.4810, 55.0454, 12.7201)
Luminance	0.5504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C53F #3F53D9

analogous

#D9783F #D9C53F #A0D93F

triadic

#D9C53F #3FD9C5 #C53FD9

tetradic

#D9C53F #3FD978 #3F53D9 #D93FA0

square

#D9C53F #3FD978 #3F53D9 #D93FA0

split-complementary

#D9C53F #3FA0D9 #783FD9

monochromatic

#84761A #B7A424 #D9C53F #E3D472 #EDE4A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#D9C53F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.01

#D9C53F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C53F

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C53F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C53F	1.00	1.75	12.01	12.01
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8BF2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC748

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c53f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 197, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.149 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d67c',
    500: '#d9c53f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c53f;
$custom-light: #e9d67c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c53f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.208,
    "s": 66.957,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81698,
    "c": 0.14933,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C53F

secondary

#323D8A

accent

#54EA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C53F

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

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