#D9C85B#D9C85B

#D9C85B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.131 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C85B
RGB	rgb(217, 200, 91)
HSL	hsl(52, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(52, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 58.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.08, -7.40, 55.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.08, 56.04, 97.59°)
OKLab	oklab(82.57% -0.0239 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(82.57% 0.131 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.1598, 56.8176, 18.1676)
Luminance	0.5682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C85B #5B6CD9

analogous

#D9895B #D9C85B #ABD95B

triadic

#D9C85B #5BD9C8 #C85BD9

tetradic

#D9C85B #5BD989 #5B6CD9 #D95BAB

square

#D9C85B #5BD989 #5B6CD9 #D95BAB

split-complementary

#D9C85B #5BABD9 #895BD9

monochromatic

#978723 #C8B42E #D9C85B #E5D98D #F0E9BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#D9C85B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.36

#D9C85B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C85B

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C85B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C85B	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)

#D9C350

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8BBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c85b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 200, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.131 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d88d',
    500: '#d9c85b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c85b;
$custom-light: #e7d88d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c85b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.905,
    "s": 62.376,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82572,
    "c": 0.13075,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C85B

secondary

#3D4A9B

accent

#33CA1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C85B

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

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