#D9C856#D9C856

#D9C856 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.135 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C856
RGB	rgb(217, 200, 86)
HSL	hsl(52, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(52, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 60.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.03, -7.75, 57.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.03, 58.25, 97.65°)
OKLab	oklab(82.52% -0.0255 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(82.52% 0.135 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.9512, 56.7342, 17.0693)
Luminance	0.5673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C856 #5667D9

analogous

#D98756 #D9C856 #A8D956

triadic

#D9C856 #56D9C8 #C856D9

tetradic

#D9C856 #56D987 #5667D9 #D956A8

square

#D9C856 #56D987 #5667D9 #D956A8

split-complementary

#D9C856 #56A8D9 #8756D9

monochromatic

#938521 #C5B22C #D9C856 #E4D888 #EFE9BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#D9C856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.35

#D9C856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C856

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C856	1.00	1.70	12.35	12.35
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C349

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC95C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8BBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 200, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.135 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d88a',
    500: '#d9c856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c856;
$custom-light: #e8d88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.214,
    "s": 63.285,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82519,
    "c": 0.135,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C856

secondary

#3B4798

accent

#57E641

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C856

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

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