#D9C550#D9C550

#D9C550 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.137 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C550
RGB	rgb(217, 197, 80)
HSL	hsl(51, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 63.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.19, -6.61, 59.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.19, 59.80, 96.34°)
OKLab	oklab(81.84% -0.0229 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(81.84% 0.137 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.0316, 55.2656, 15.6198)
Luminance	0.5526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C550 #5064D9

analogous

#D98050 #D9C550 #A8D950

triadic

#D9C550 #50D9C5 #C550D9

tetradic

#D9C550 #50D980 #5064D9 #D950A8

square

#D9C550 #50D980 #5064D9 #D950A8

split-complementary

#D9C550 #50A8D9 #8050D9

monochromatic

#8F7F1F #C2AC2A #D9C550 #E4D682 #EFE6B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#D9C550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#D9C550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C550

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C550	1.00	1.74	12.05	12.05
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C042

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC756

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 197, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.137 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d686',
    500: '#d9c550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c550;
$custom-light: #e8d686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.241,
    "s": 64.319,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81839,
    "c": 0.13729,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C550

secondary

#384695

accent

#59E740

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C550

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

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