#D9C83D#D9C83D

#D9C83D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.153 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C83D
RGB	rgb(217, 200, 61)
HSL	hsl(53, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 71.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.84, -9.17, 67.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.84, 68.24, 97.72°)
OKLab	oklab(82.31% -0.0322 0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(82.31% 0.153 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.1141, 56.3994, 12.6604)
Luminance	0.5640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C83D #3D4ED9

analogous

#D97A3D #D9C83D #9CD93D

triadic

#D9C83D #3DD9C8 #C83DD9

tetradic

#D9C83D #3DD97A #3D4ED9 #D93D9C

square

#D9C83D #3DD97A #3D4ED9 #D93D9C

split-complementary

#D9C83D #3D9CD9 #7A3DD9

monochromatic

#827719 #B5A524 #D9C83D #E3D770 #EDE5A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#D9C83D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.28

#D9C83D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C83D

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C83D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C83D	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)

#DAC225

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC946

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c83d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 200, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.153 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d87c',
    500: '#d9c83d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c83d;
$custom-light: #e9d87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c83d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.462,
    "s": 67.241,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82308,
    "c": 0.15301,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C83D

secondary

#313B89

accent

#50EA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C83D

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →