#D9C556#D9C556

#D9C556 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.132 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C556
RGB	rgb(217, 197, 86)
HSL	hsl(51, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 60.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.25, -6.21, 56.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.25, 57.20, 96.24°)
OKLab	oklab(81.9% -0.0211 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(81.9% 0.132 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.2632, 55.3583, 16.8399)
Luminance	0.5536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C556 #566AD9

analogous

#D98456 #D9C556 #ABD956

triadic

#D9C556 #56D9C5 #C556D9

tetradic

#D9C556 #56D984 #566AD9 #D956AB

square

#D9C556 #56D984 #566AD9 #D956AB

split-complementary

#D9C556 #56ABD9 #8456D9

monochromatic

#938221 #C5AE2C #D9C556 #E4D688 #EFE7BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#D9C556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.07

#D9C556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C556

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C556	1.00	1.74	12.07	12.07
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C04A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC75C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 197, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.132 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d68a',
    500: '#d9c556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c556;
$custom-light: #e8d68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.84,
    "s": 63.285,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81898,
    "c": 0.13243,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C556

secondary

#3B4998

accent

#5BE641

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C556

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

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