#D9C655#D9C655

#D9C655 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.134 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C655
RGB	rgb(217, 198, 85)
HSL	hsl(51, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 60.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.50, -6.79, 57.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.50, 57.98, 96.73°)
OKLab	oklab(82.1% -0.0228 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(82.1% 0.134 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.4510, 55.7979, 16.7052)
Luminance	0.5580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C655 #5568D9

analogous

#D98455 #D9C655 #AAD955

triadic

#D9C655 #55D9C6 #C655D9

tetradic

#D9C655 #55D984 #5568D9 #D955AA

square

#D9C655 #55D984 #5568D9 #D955AA

split-complementary

#D9C655 #55AAD9 #8455D9

monochromatic

#938221 #C5AF2C #D9C655 #E4D787 #EFE8B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#D9C655 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#D9C655 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C655

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C655	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C655	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C148

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC85B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c655;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 198, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.134 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d789',
    500: '#d9c655',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c655;
$custom-light: #e8d789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c655",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.364,
    "s": 63.462,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82095,
    "c": 0.1341,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C655

secondary

#3A4898

accent

#59E641

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C655

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

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