#D9C85D#D9C85D

#D9C85D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.129 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C85D
RGB	rgb(217, 200, 93)
HSL	hsl(52, 62%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(52, 57%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 57.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.10, -7.25, 54.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.10, 55.14, 97.56°)
OKLab	oklab(82.59% -0.0232 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(82.59% 0.129 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.2472, 56.8526, 18.6280)
Luminance	0.5685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C85D #5D6ED9

analogous

#D98A5D #D9C85D #ACD95D

triadic

#D9C85D #5DD9C8 #C85DD9

tetradic

#D9C85D #5DD98A #5D6ED9 #D95DAC

square

#D9C85D #5DD98A #5D6ED9 #D95DAC

split-complementary

#D9C85D #5DACD9 #8A5DD9

monochromatic

#988824 #CAB42F #D9C85D #E5D98F #F0EAC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#D9C85D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.37

#D9C85D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C85D

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C85D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C85D	1.00	1.70	12.37	12.37
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C352

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8BBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c85d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 200, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.129 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d88e',
    500: '#d9c85d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c85d;
$custom-light: #e7d88e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c85d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.774,
    "s": 62,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82594,
    "c": 0.129,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C85D

secondary

#3E4B9C

accent

#34CA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C85D

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

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