#D9C85E#D9C85E

#D9C85E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.128 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C85E
RGB	rgb(217, 200, 94)
HSL	hsl(52, 62%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(52, 57%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 56.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.11, -7.18, 54.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.11, 54.68, 97.54°)
OKLab	oklab(82.6% -0.0229 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(82.6% 0.128 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.2918, 56.8704, 18.8628)
Luminance	0.5687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C85E #5E6FD9

analogous

#D98A5E #D9C85E #ACD95E

triadic

#D9C85E #5ED9C8 #C85ED9

tetradic

#D9C85E #5ED98A #5E6FD9 #D95EAC

square

#D9C85E #5ED98A #5E6FD9 #D95EAC

split-complementary

#D9C85E #5EACD9 #8A5ED9

monochromatic

#998824 #CAB530 #D9C85E #E5D990 #F0EAC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#D9C85E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.37

#D9C85E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C85E

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C85E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C85E	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)

#D9C353

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCA63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8BBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c85e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 200, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.128 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d88f',
    500: '#d9c85e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c85e;
$custom-light: #e7d88f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c85e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.707,
    "s": 61.809,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82605,
    "c": 0.12811,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C85E

secondary

#3E4B9D

accent

#34CA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C85E

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

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