#D9C650#D9C650

#D9C650 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.138 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C650
RGB	rgb(217, 198, 80)
HSL	hsl(52, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(52, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 63.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.45, -7.12, 59.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.45, 60.13, 96.80°)
OKLab	oklab(82.05% -0.0243 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(82.05% 0.138 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.2594, 55.7212, 15.6958)
Luminance	0.5572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C650 #5063D9

analogous

#D98150 #D9C650 #A7D950

triadic

#D9C650 #50D9C6 #C650D9

tetradic

#D9C650 #50D981 #5063D9 #D950A7

square

#D9C650 #50D981 #5063D9 #D950A7

split-complementary

#D9C650 #50A7D9 #8150D9

monochromatic

#8F801F #C2AD2A #D9C650 #E4D682 #EFE7B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#D9C650 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#D9C650 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C650

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C650	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C650	1.00	1.73	12.14	12.14
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C142

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC856

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c650;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 198, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.138 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d786',
    500: '#d9c650',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c650;
$custom-light: #e8d786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c650",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.679,
    "s": 64.319,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82046,
    "c": 0.13812,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C650

secondary

#384595

accent

#58E740

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C650

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

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