#D9C95B#D9C95B

#D9C95B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.132 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C95B
RGB	rgb(217, 201, 91)
HSL	hsl(52, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(52, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 58.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.34, -7.91, 55.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.34, 56.40, 98.06°)
OKLab	oklab(82.78% -0.0254 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(82.78% 0.132 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.3921, 57.2823, 18.2450)
Luminance	0.5728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C95B #5B6BD9

analogous

#D98A5B #D9C95B #AAD95B

triadic

#D9C95B #5BD9C9 #C95BD9

tetradic

#D9C95B #5BD98A #5B6BD9 #D95BAA

square

#D9C95B #5BD98A #5B6BD9 #D95BAA

split-complementary

#D9C95B #5BAAD9 #8A5BD9

monochromatic

#978823 #C8B52E #D9C95B #E5D98D #F0EABE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#D9C95B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.46

#D9C95B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C95B

12.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C95B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C95B	1.00	1.69	12.46	12.46
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC450

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c95b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 201, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.132 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d98d',
    500: '#d9c95b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c95b;
$custom-light: #e7d98d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c95b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.381,
    "s": 62.376,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82779,
    "c": 0.13165,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C95B

secondary

#3D499B

accent

#32CA1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C95B

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

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