#D9C563#D9C563

#D9C563 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.121 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C563
RGB	rgb(217, 197, 99)
HSL	hsl(50, 61%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(50, 54%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 54.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.38, -5.25, 51.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.38, 51.30, 95.87°)
OKLab	oklab(82.05% -0.0168 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(82.05% 0.121 98)
XYZ	xyz(50.8355, 55.5871, 19.8536)
Luminance	0.5558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C563 #6377D9

analogous

#D98A63 #D9C563 #B2D963

triadic

#D9C563 #63D9C5 #C563D9

tetradic

#D9C563 #63D98A #6377D9 #D963B2

square

#D9C563 #63D98A #6377D9 #D963B2

split-complementary

#D9C563 #63B2D9 #8A63D9

monochromatic

#9C8826 #CDB332 #D9C563 #E5D794 #F1EAC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#D9C563 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.12

#D9C563 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C563

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C563	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C563	1.00	1.73	12.12	12.12
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C15A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC867

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8B9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c563;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 197, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.121 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d692',
    500: '#d9c563',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c563;
$custom-light: #e7d692;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c563",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.831,
    "s": 60.825,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82045,
    "c": 0.1209,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.55585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C563

secondary

#4051A0

accent

#3AC91D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C563

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

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