#D9C852#D9C852

#D9C852 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.138 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C852
RGB	rgb(217, 200, 82)
HSL	hsl(52, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(52, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 62.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.99, -8.02, 59.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.99, 59.97, 97.68°)
OKLab	oklab(82.48% -0.0267 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(82.48% 0.138 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.7945, 56.6715, 16.2441)
Luminance	0.5667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C852 #5263D9

analogous

#D98452 #D9C852 #A7D952

triadic

#D9C852 #52D9C8 #C852D9

tetradic

#D9C852 #52D984 #5263D9 #D952A7

square

#D9C852 #52D984 #5263D9 #D952A7

split-complementary

#D9C852 #52A7D9 #8452D9

monochromatic

#918320 #C3B02B #D9C852 #E4D884 #EFE8B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#D9C852 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.33

#D9C852 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C852

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C852	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C852	1.00	1.70	12.33	12.33
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C244

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC958

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c852;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 200, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.138 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d887',
    500: '#d9c852',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c852;
$custom-light: #e8d887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c852",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.444,
    "s": 63.981,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8248,
    "c": 0.13826,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C852

secondary

#394596

accent

#56E741

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C852

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

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