#D9C83C#D9C83C

#D9C83C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.154 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C83C
RGB	rgb(217, 200, 60)
HSL	hsl(54, 67%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(54, 72%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 72.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.83, -9.22, 67.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.83, 68.60, 97.72°)
OKLab	oklab(82.3% -0.0324 0.1501)
OKLCH	oklch(82.3% 0.154 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.0874, 56.3887, 12.5199)
Luminance	0.5639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C83C #3C4DD9

analogous

#D97A3C #D9C83C #9CD93C

triadic

#D9C83C #3CD9C8 #C83CD9

tetradic

#D9C83C #3CD97A #3C4DD9 #D93C9C

square

#D9C83C #3CD97A #3C4DD9 #D93C9C

split-complementary

#D9C83C #3C9CD9 #7A3CD9

monochromatic

#817619 #B5A523 #D9C83C #E3D66F #EDE5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#D9C83C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.28

#D9C83C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C83C

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C83C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C83C	1.00	1.71	12.28	12.28
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC223

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0C946

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c83c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 200, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.154 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d87b',
    500: '#d9c83c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c83c;
$custom-light: #e9d87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c83c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.503,
    "s": 67.382,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82302,
    "c": 0.15361,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C83C

secondary

#313A88

accent

#50EA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C83C

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

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