#D9C855#D9C855

#D9C855 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.136 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C855
RGB	rgb(217, 200, 85)
HSL	hsl(52, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(52, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 60.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.02, -7.82, 58.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.02, 58.68, 97.66°)
OKLab	oklab(82.51% -0.0258 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(82.51% 0.136 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.9112, 56.7182, 16.8585)
Luminance	0.5672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C855 #5566D9

analogous

#D98655 #D9C855 #A8D955

triadic

#D9C855 #55D9C8 #C855D9

tetradic

#D9C855 #55D986 #5566D9 #D955A8

square

#D9C855 #55D986 #5566D9 #D955A8

split-complementary

#D9C855 #55A8D9 #8655D9

monochromatic

#938421 #C5B12C #D9C855 #E4D887 #EFE8B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#D9C855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.34

#D9C855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C855

12.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C855	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)

#D9C348

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC95B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8BBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 200, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.136 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d889',
    500: '#d9c855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c855;
$custom-light: #e8d889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.273,
    "s": 63.462,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82509,
    "c": 0.13584,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C855

secondary

#3A4698

accent

#57E641

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C855

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

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