#D9C552#D9C552

#D9C552 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.136 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C552
RGB	rgb(217, 197, 82)
HSL	hsl(51, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 62.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.21, -6.48, 58.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.21, 58.94, 96.31°)
OKLab	oklab(81.86% -0.0223 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(81.86% 0.136 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.1066, 55.2956, 16.0148)
Luminance	0.5529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C552 #5266D9

analogous

#D98152 #D9C552 #A9D952

triadic

#D9C552 #52D9C5 #C552D9

tetradic

#D9C552 #52D981 #5266D9 #D952A9

square

#D9C552 #52D981 #5266D9 #D952A9

split-complementary

#D9C552 #52A9D9 #8152D9

monochromatic

#918020 #C3AC2B #D9C552 #E4D684 #EFE7B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#D9C552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#D9C552 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C552

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C552	1.00	1.74	12.06	12.06
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C045

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC758

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 197, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.136 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d687',
    500: '#d9c552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c552;
$custom-light: #e8d687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.111,
    "s": 63.981,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81858,
    "c": 0.1357,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C552

secondary

#394796

accent

#59E741

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C552

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

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