#D9C859#D9C859

#D9C859 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.132 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C859
RGB	rgb(217, 200, 89)
HSL	hsl(52, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(52, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 59%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.06, -7.54, 56.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.06, 56.93, 97.61°)
OKLab	oklab(82.55% -0.0245 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(82.55% 0.132 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.0746, 56.7836, 17.7192)
Luminance	0.5678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C859 #596AD9

analogous

#D98859 #D9C859 #AAD959

triadic

#D9C859 #59D9C8 #C859D9

tetradic

#D9C859 #59D988 #596AD9 #D959AA

square

#D9C859 #59D988 #596AD9 #D959AA

split-complementary

#D9C859 #59AAD9 #8859D9

monochromatic

#958622 #C7B32E #D9C859 #E4D88B #F0E9BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#D9C859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.36

#D9C859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C859

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C859	1.00	1.70	12.36	12.36
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C34D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8BBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 200, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.132 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d88c',
    500: '#d9c859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c859;
$custom-light: #e8d88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.031,
    "s": 62.745,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8255,
    "c": 0.13248,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C859

secondary

#3C499A

accent

#58E642

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C859

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

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