#D9C757#D9C757

#D9C757 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.133 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C757
RGB	rgb(217, 199, 87)
HSL	hsl(52, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(52, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 59.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.78, -7.17, 57.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.78, 57.46, 97.17°)
OKLab	oklab(82.32% -0.0237 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(82.32% 0.133 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.7609, 56.2888, 17.2060)
Luminance	0.5629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C757 #5769D9

analogous

#D98657 #D9C757 #AAD957

triadic

#D9C757 #57D9C7 #C757D9

tetradic

#D9C757 #57D986 #5769D9 #D957AA

square

#D9C757 #57D986 #5769D9 #D957AA

split-complementary

#D9C757 #57AAD9 #8657D9

monochromatic

#948421 #C6B12D #D9C757 #E4D889 #F0E8BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#D9C757 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#D9C757 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C757

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C757	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C757	1.00	1.71	12.26	12.26
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C24B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC95D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8BAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c757;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 199, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.133 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d78a',
    500: '#d9c757',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c757;
$custom-light: #e8d78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c757",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.692,
    "s": 63.107,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82322,
    "c": 0.1333,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C757

secondary

#3B4899

accent

#58E642

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C757

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

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