#D9C75B#D9C75B

#D9C75B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.130 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C75B
RGB	rgb(217, 199, 91)
HSL	hsl(51, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 58.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.82, -6.89, 55.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.82, 55.68, 97.11°)
OKLab	oklab(82.37% -0.0224 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(82.37% 0.13 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.9289, 56.3560, 18.0906)
Luminance	0.5635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C75B #5B6DD9

analogous

#D9885B #D9C75B #ACD95B

triadic

#D9C75B #5BD9C7 #C75BD9

tetradic

#D9C75B #5BD988 #5B6DD9 #D95BAC

square

#D9C75B #5BD988 #5B6DD9 #D95BAC

split-complementary

#D9C75B #5BACD9 #885BD9

monochromatic

#978623 #C8B22E #D9C75B #E5D88D #F0E9BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#D9C75B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.27

#D9C75B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C75B

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C75B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C75B	1.00	1.71	12.27	12.27
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C250

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC960

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8BAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c75b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 199, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.130 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d78d',
    500: '#d9c75b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c75b;
$custom-light: #e7d78d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c75b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 62.376,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82365,
    "c": 0.12987,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C75B

secondary

#3D4A9B

accent

#34CA1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C75B

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

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