#D9C65E#D9C65E

#D9C65E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.126 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C65E
RGB	rgb(217, 198, 94)
HSL	hsl(51, 62%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(51, 57%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 56.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.59, -6.15, 53.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.59, 53.97, 96.55°)
OKLab	oklab(82.19% -0.02 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(82.19% 0.126 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.8316, 55.9501, 18.7094)
Luminance	0.5595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C65E #5E71D9

analogous

#D9885E #D9C65E #AED95E

triadic

#D9C65E #5ED9C6 #C65ED9

tetradic

#D9C65E #5ED988 #5E71D9 #D95EAE

square

#D9C65E #5ED988 #5E71D9 #D95EAE

split-complementary

#D9C65E #5EAED9 #885ED9

monochromatic

#998724 #CAB230 #D9C65E #E5D890 #F0E9C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#D9C65E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#D9C65E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C65E

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C65E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C65E	1.00	1.72	12.19	12.19
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C154

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC863

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8B9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c65e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 198, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.126 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d78f',
    500: '#d9c65e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c65e;
$custom-light: #e7d78f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c65e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.732,
    "s": 61.809,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82192,
    "c": 0.12635,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C65E

secondary

#3E4D9D

accent

#37CA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C65E

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

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