#D9C558#D9C558

#D9C558 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.131 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C558
RGB	rgb(217, 197, 88)
HSL	hsl(51, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 59.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.27, -6.08, 55.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.27, 56.32, 96.19°)
OKLab	oklab(81.92% -0.0204 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(81.92% 0.131 99)
XYZ	xyz(50.3449, 55.3909, 17.2703)
Luminance	0.5539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C558 #586CD9

analogous

#D98558 #D9C558 #ACD958

triadic

#D9C558 #58D9C5 #C558D9

tetradic

#D9C558 #58D985 #586CD9 #D958AC

square

#D9C558 #58D985 #586CD9 #D958AC

split-complementary

#D9C558 #58ACD9 #8558D9

monochromatic

#958322 #C7AF2D #D9C558 #E4D68A #F0E8BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#D9C558 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#D9C558 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C558

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C558	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C558	1.00	1.74	12.08	12.08
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C04C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8B8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c558;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 197, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.131 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d68b',
    500: '#d9c558',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c558;
$custom-light: #e8d68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c558",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.698,
    "s": 62.927,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81919,
    "c": 0.13074,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.55389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C558

secondary

#3C4A9A

accent

#5BE642

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C558

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

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