#D9C657#D9C657

#D9C657 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.132 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C657
RGB	rgb(217, 198, 87)
HSL	hsl(51, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 59.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.52, -6.66, 56.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.52, 57.11, 96.70°)
OKLab	oklab(82.12% -0.0222 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(82.12% 0.132 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.5316, 55.8301, 17.1295)
Luminance	0.5583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C657 #576AD9

analogous

#D98557 #D9C657 #ABD957

triadic

#D9C657 #57D9C6 #C657D9

tetradic

#D9C657 #57D985 #576AD9 #D957AB

square

#D9C657 #57D985 #576AD9 #D957AB

split-complementary

#D9C657 #57ABD9 #8557D9

monochromatic

#948321 #C6B02D #D9C657 #E4D789 #F0E8BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#D9C657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#D9C657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C657

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C657	1.00	1.73	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C14B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8B9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 198, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.132 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d78a',
    500: '#d9c657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c657;
$custom-light: #e8d78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.231,
    "s": 63.107,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82115,
    "c": 0.13244,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C657

secondary

#3B4999

accent

#5AE642

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C657

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

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