#D9C658#D9C658

#D9C658 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.132 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C658
RGB	rgb(217, 198, 88)
HSL	hsl(51, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 59.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.53, -6.59, 56.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.53, 56.66, 96.68°)
OKLab	oklab(82.13% -0.0219 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(82.13% 0.132 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.5728, 55.8466, 17.3462)
Luminance	0.5584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C658 #586BD9

analogous

#D98658 #D9C658 #ABD958

triadic

#D9C658 #58D9C6 #C658D9

tetradic

#D9C658 #58D986 #586BD9 #D958AB

square

#D9C658 #58D986 #586BD9 #D958AB

split-complementary

#D9C658 #58ABD9 #8658D9

monochromatic

#958422 #C7B02D #D9C658 #E4D78A #F0E8BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#D9C658 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#D9C658 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C658

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C658	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C658	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)

#D7C14C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8B9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c658;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 198, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.132 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d78b',
    500: '#d9c658',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c658;
$custom-light: #e8d78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c658",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.163,
    "s": 62.927,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82126,
    "c": 0.1316,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C658

secondary

#3C499A

accent

#5AE642

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C658

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

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