#D9C557#D9C557

#D9C557 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.132 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C557
RGB	rgb(217, 197, 87)
HSL	hsl(51, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 59.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.26, -6.15, 56.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.26, 56.76, 96.22°)
OKLab	oklab(81.91% -0.0207 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(81.91% 0.132 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.3038, 55.3745, 17.0536)
Luminance	0.5537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C557 #576BD9

analogous

#D98457 #D9C557 #ACD957

triadic

#D9C557 #57D9C5 #C557D9

tetradic

#D9C557 #57D984 #576BD9 #D957AC

square

#D9C557 #57D984 #576BD9 #D957AC

split-complementary

#D9C557 #57ACD9 #8457D9

monochromatic

#948221 #C6AE2D #D9C557 #E4D689 #F0E7BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#D9C557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.07

#D9C557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C557

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C557	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)

#D6C04B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC75C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 197, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.132 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d68a',
    500: '#d9c557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c557;
$custom-light: #e8d68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 63.107,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81909,
    "c": 0.13159,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C557

secondary

#3B4A99

accent

#5BE642

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C557

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

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