#D9C857#D9C857

#D9C857 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.134 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C857
RGB	rgb(217, 200, 87)
HSL	hsl(52, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(52, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 59.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.04, -7.68, 57.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.04, 57.81, 97.64°)
OKLab	oklab(82.53% -0.0252 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(82.53% 0.134 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.9918, 56.7504, 17.2829)
Luminance	0.5675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C857 #5768D9

analogous

#D98757 #D9C857 #A9D957

triadic

#D9C857 #57D9C8 #C857D9

tetradic

#D9C857 #57D987 #5768D9 #D957A9

square

#D9C857 #57D987 #5768D9 #D957A9

split-complementary

#D9C857 #57A9D9 #8757D9

monochromatic

#948521 #C6B22D #D9C857 #E4D889 #F0E9BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#D9C857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.35

#D9C857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C857

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C857	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)

#D9C34B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC95D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8BBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 200, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.134 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d88b',
    500: '#d9c857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c857;
$custom-light: #e8d88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.154,
    "s": 63.107,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82529,
    "c": 0.13417,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C857

secondary

#3B4799

accent

#57E642

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C857

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

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