#D9C858#D9C858

#D9C858 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.133 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C858
RGB	rgb(217, 200, 88)
HSL	hsl(52, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(52, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 59.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.05, -7.61, 56.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.05, 57.37, 97.63°)
OKLab	oklab(82.54% -0.0248 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(82.54% 0.133 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.0329, 56.7669, 17.4996)
Luminance	0.5676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C858 #5869D9

analogous

#D98858 #D9C858 #AAD958

triadic

#D9C858 #58D9C8 #C858D9

tetradic

#D9C858 #58D988 #5869D9 #D958AA

square

#D9C858 #58D988 #5869D9 #D958AA

split-complementary

#D9C858 #58AAD9 #8858D9

monochromatic

#958622 #C7B22D #D9C858 #E4D88A #F0E9BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#D9C858 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.35

#D9C858 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C858

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C858	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C858	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)

#D9C34C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8BBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c858;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 200, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.133 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d88b',
    500: '#d9c858',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c858;
$custom-light: #e8d88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c858",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.093,
    "s": 62.927,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8254,
    "c": 0.13334,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C858

secondary

#3C489A

accent

#57E642

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C858

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

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