#D9C560#D9C560

#D9C560 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.124 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C560
RGB	rgb(217, 197, 96)
HSL	hsl(50, 61%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 56%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 55.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.35, -5.49, 52.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.35, 52.69, 95.98°)
OKLab	oklab(82.01% -0.0178 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(82.01% 0.124 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.6947, 55.5308, 19.1123)
Luminance	0.5553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C560 #6074D9

analogous

#D98960 #D9C560 #B1D960

triadic

#D9C560 #60D9C5 #C560D9

tetradic

#D9C560 #60D989 #6074D9 #D960B1

square

#D9C560 #60D989 #6074D9 #D960B1

split-complementary

#D9C560 #60B1D9 #8960D9

monochromatic

#9A8625 #CBB231 #D9C560 #E5D791 #F1E9C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#D9C560 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#D9C560 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C560

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C560	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C560	1.00	1.73	12.11	12.11
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C056

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC865

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8B9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c560;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 197, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.124 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d690',
    500: '#d9c560',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c560;
$custom-light: #e7d690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c560",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.083,
    "s": 61.421,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82009,
    "c": 0.12368,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C560

secondary

#3F4F9E

accent

#39C91C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C560

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

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