#D9C960#D9C960

#D9C960 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.127 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C960
RGB	rgb(217, 201, 96)
HSL	hsl(52, 61%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(52, 56%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 55.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.39, -7.54, 53.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.39, 54.14, 98.00°)
OKLab	oklab(82.84% -0.0237 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(82.84% 0.127 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.6150, 57.3715, 19.4190)
Luminance	0.5737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C960 #6070D9

analogous

#D98D60 #D9C960 #ADD960

triadic

#D9C960 #60D9C9 #C960D9

tetradic

#D9C960 #60D98D #6070D9 #D960AD

square

#D9C960 #60D98D #6070D9 #D960AD

split-complementary

#D9C960 #60ADD9 #8D60D9

monochromatic

#9A8A25 #CBB731 #D9C960 #E5DA91 #F1EBC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#D9C960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.47

#D9C960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C960

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C960	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)

#D9C456

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 201, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.127 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d990',
    500: '#d9c960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c960;
$custom-light: #e7d990;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.066,
    "s": 61.421,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82835,
    "c": 0.12721,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C960

secondary

#3F4C9E

accent

#33C91C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C960

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

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