#D9CA50#D9CA50

#D9CA50 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.142 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CA50
RGB	rgb(217, 202, 80)
HSL	hsl(53, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 63.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.50, -9.16, 60.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.50, 61.52, 98.56°)
OKLab	oklab(82.88% -0.0302 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(82.88% 0.142 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.1858, 57.5740, 16.0046)
Luminance	0.5757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CA50 #505FD9

analogous

#D98550 #D9CA50 #A3D950

triadic

#D9CA50 #50D9CA #CA50D9

tetradic

#D9CA50 #50D985 #505FD9 #D950A3

square

#D9CA50 #50D985 #505FD9 #D950A3

split-complementary

#D9CA50 #50A3D9 #8550D9

monochromatic

#8F831F #C2B12A #D9CA50 #E4D982 #EFE8B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#D9CA50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.51

#D9CA50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CA50

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CA50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CA50	1.00	1.68	12.51	12.51
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC441

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BDB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9ca50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 202, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.142 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d986',
    500: '#d9ca50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9ca50;
$custom-light: #e8d986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9ca50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.431,
    "s": 64.319,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82877,
    "c": 0.14159,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CA50

secondary

#384395

accent

#53E740

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CA50

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

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