#D9C83F#D9C83F

#D9C83F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.152 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C83F
RGB	rgb(217, 200, 63)
HSL	hsl(53, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(53, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 71%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.85, -9.08, 66.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.85, 67.52, 97.73°)
OKLab	oklab(82.32% -0.0318 0.1484)
OKLCH	oklch(82.32% 0.152 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.1690, 56.4213, 12.9495)
Luminance	0.5642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C83F #3F50D9

analogous

#D97B3F #D9C83F #9DD93F

triadic

#D9C83F #3FD9C8 #C83FD9

tetradic

#D9C83F #3FD97B #3F50D9 #D93F9D

square

#D9C83F #3FD97B #3F50D9 #D93F9D

split-complementary

#D9C83F #3F9DD9 #7B3FD9

monochromatic

#84781A #B7A624 #D9C83F #E3D772 #EDE5A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#D9C83F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.28

#D9C83F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C83F

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C83F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C83F	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)

#DAC229

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC948

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c83f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 200, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.152 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d87d',
    500: '#d9c83f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c83f;
$custom-light: #e9d87d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c83f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.377,
    "s": 66.957,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82322,
    "c": 0.15178,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C83F

secondary

#323C8A

accent

#51EA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C83F

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

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