#D9C85A#D9C85A

#D9C85A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.132 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C85A
RGB	rgb(217, 200, 90)
HSL	hsl(52, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(52, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 58.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.07, -7.47, 55.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.07, 56.48, 97.60°)
OKLab	oklab(82.56% -0.0242 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(82.56% 0.132 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.1169, 56.8005, 17.9419)
Luminance	0.5680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C85A #5A6BD9

analogous

#D9895A #D9C85A #AAD95A

triadic

#D9C85A #5AD9C8 #C85AD9

tetradic

#D9C85A #5AD989 #5A6BD9 #D95AAA

square

#D9C85A #5AD989 #5A6BD9 #D95AAA

split-complementary

#D9C85A #5AAAD9 #895AD9

monochromatic

#968723 #C8B32E #D9C85A #E4D98C #F0E9BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#D9C85A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.36

#D9C85A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C85A

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C85A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C85A	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)

#D9C34E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8BBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c85a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 200, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.132 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d88c',
    500: '#d9c85a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c85a;
$custom-light: #e7d88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c85a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.969,
    "s": 62.562,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82561,
    "c": 0.13163,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C85A

secondary

#3C499B

accent

#33CA1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C85A

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

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