#D9C853#D9C853

#D9C853 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.137 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C853
RGB	rgb(217, 200, 83)
HSL	hsl(52, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(52, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 61.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.00, -7.95, 59.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.00, 59.54, 97.67°)
OKLab	oklab(82.49% -0.0264 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(82.49% 0.137 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.8329, 56.6869, 16.4460)
Luminance	0.5668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C853 #5364D9

analogous

#D98553 #D9C853 #A7D953

triadic

#D9C853 #53D9C8 #C853D9

tetradic

#D9C853 #53D985 #5364D9 #D953A7

square

#D9C853 #53D985 #5364D9 #D953A7

split-complementary

#D9C853 #53A7D9 #8553D9

monochromatic

#918320 #C4B02B #D9C853 #E4D885 #EFE8B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#D9C853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.34

#D9C853 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C853

12.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C853	1.00	1.70	12.34	12.34
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C246

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC959

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 200, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.137 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d888',
    500: '#d9c853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c853;
$custom-light: #e8d888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.388,
    "s": 63.81,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82489,
    "c": 0.13746,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C853

secondary

#3A4597

accent

#56E741

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C853

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

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