#D9C95F#D9C95F

#D9C95F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.128 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C95F
RGB	rgb(217, 201, 95)
HSL	hsl(52, 62%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(52, 56%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 56.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.38, -7.62, 54.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.38, 54.59, 98.02°)
OKLab	oklab(82.82% -0.0241 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(82.82% 0.128 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.5693, 57.3532, 19.1781)
Luminance	0.5735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C95F #5F6FD9

analogous

#D98C5F #D9C95F #ACD95F

triadic

#D9C95F #5FD9C9 #C95FD9

tetradic

#D9C95F #5FD98C #5F6FD9 #D95FAC

square

#D9C95F #5FD98C #5F6FD9 #D95FAC

split-complementary

#D9C95F #5FACD9 #8C5FD9

monochromatic

#998A24 #CBB630 #D9C95F #E5DA90 #F0EAC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#D9C95F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.47

#D9C95F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C95F

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C95F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C95F	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)

#D9C454

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8BDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c95f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 201, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.128 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d990',
    500: '#d9c95f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c95f;
$custom-light: #e7d990;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c95f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.131,
    "s": 61.616,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82823,
    "c": 0.12811,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C95F

secondary

#3F4B9E

accent

#33C91C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C95F

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

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