#D9C95E#D9C95E

#D9C95E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.129 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C95E
RGB	rgb(217, 201, 94)
HSL	hsl(52, 62%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(52, 57%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 56.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.37, -7.69, 54.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.37, 55.05, 98.03°)
OKLab	oklab(82.81% -0.0244 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(82.81% 0.129 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.5241, 57.3351, 18.9403)
Luminance	0.5733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C95E #5E6ED9

analogous

#D98B5E #D9C95E #ABD95E

triadic

#D9C95E #5ED9C9 #C95ED9

tetradic

#D9C95E #5ED98B #5E6ED9 #D95EAB

square

#D9C95E #5ED98B #5E6ED9 #D95EAB

split-complementary

#D9C95E #5EABD9 #8B5ED9

monochromatic

#998924 #CAB630 #D9C95E #E5DA90 #F0EAC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#D9C95E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.47

#D9C95E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C95E

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C95E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C95E	1.00	1.68	12.47	12.47
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC453

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c95e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 201, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.129 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d98f',
    500: '#d9c95e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c95e;
$custom-light: #e7d98f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c95e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.195,
    "s": 61.809,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82812,
    "c": 0.12901,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C95E

secondary

#3E4B9D

accent

#33CA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C95E

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

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