#D9C577#D9C577

#D9C577 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.101 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C577
RGB	rgb(217, 197, 119)
HSL	hsl(48, 56%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(48, 45%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 45.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.62, -3.46, 41.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.62, 41.69, 94.76°)
OKLab	oklab(82.32% -0.0095 0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(82.32% 0.101 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.9127, 56.0181, 25.5272)
Luminance	0.5602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C577 #778BD9

analogous

#D99477 #D9C577 #BCD977

triadic

#D9C577 #77D9C5 #C577D9

tetradic

#D9C577 #77D994 #778BD9 #D977BC

square

#D9C577 #77D994 #778BD9 #D977BC

split-complementary

#D9C577 #77BCD9 #9477D9

monochromatic

#A78E2F #CCB147 #D9C577 #E6D9A7 #F4EED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#D9C577 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#D9C577 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C577

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C577	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C577	1.00	1.72	12.20	12.20
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C271

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C87A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7BAB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c577;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 197, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.101 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d69f',
    500: '#d9c577',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c577;
$custom-light: #e6d69f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c577",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.755,
    "s": 56.322,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82319,
    "c": 0.10086,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C577

secondary

#4A5EAA

accent

#43C422

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#16140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C577

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

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