#D9CA52#D9CA52

#D9CA52 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.140 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CA52
RGB	rgb(217, 202, 82)
HSL	hsl(53, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(53, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 62.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.52, -9.03, 60.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.52, 60.68, 98.56°)
OKLab	oklab(82.9% -0.0296 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(82.9% 0.14 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.2608, 57.6040, 16.3995)
Luminance	0.5760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CA52 #5261D9

analogous

#D98652 #D9CA52 #A4D952

triadic

#D9CA52 #52D9CA #CA52D9

tetradic

#D9CA52 #52D986 #5261D9 #D952A4

square

#D9CA52 #52D986 #5261D9 #D952A4

split-complementary

#D9CA52 #52A4D9 #8652D9

monochromatic

#918420 #C3B22B #D9CA52 #E4D984 #EFE9B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#D9CA52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.52

#D9CA52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CA52

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CA52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CA52	1.00	1.68	12.52	12.52
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC444

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8BDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9ca52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 202, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.140 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d988',
    500: '#d9ca52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9ca52;
$custom-light: #e8d988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9ca52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 63.981,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82895,
    "c": 0.14002,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CA52

secondary

#394496

accent

#53E741

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CA52

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

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