#D9C653#D9C653

#D9C653 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.136 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C653
RGB	rgb(217, 198, 83)
HSL	hsl(51, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 61.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.48, -6.93, 58.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.48, 58.85, 96.76°)
OKLab	oklab(82.08% -0.0234 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(82.08% 0.136 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.3727, 55.7666, 16.2926)
Luminance	0.5576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C653 #5366D9

analogous

#D98353 #D9C653 #A9D953

triadic

#D9C653 #53D9C6 #C653D9

tetradic

#D9C653 #53D983 #5366D9 #D953A9

square

#D9C653 #53D983 #5366D9 #D953A9

split-complementary

#D9C653 #53A9D9 #8353D9

monochromatic

#918120 #C4AE2B #D9C653 #E4D785 #EFE7B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#D9C653 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#D9C653 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C653

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C653	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C653	1.00	1.73	12.15	12.15
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C146

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC859

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c653;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 198, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.136 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d788',
    500: '#d9c653',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c653;
$custom-light: #e8d788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c653",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.493,
    "s": 63.81,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82075,
    "c": 0.13574,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C653

secondary

#3A4797

accent

#58E741

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C653

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

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