#D9CA53#D9CA53

#D9CA53 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.139 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CA53
RGB	rgb(217, 202, 83)
HSL	hsl(53, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(53, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 61.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.53, -8.97, 59.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.53, 60.25, 98.56°)
OKLab	oklab(82.91% -0.0293 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(82.91% 0.139 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.2991, 57.6193, 16.6014)
Luminance	0.5762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CA53 #5362D9

analogous

#D98753 #D9CA53 #A5D953

triadic

#D9CA53 #53D9CA #CA53D9

tetradic

#D9CA53 #53D987 #5362D9 #D953A5

square

#D9CA53 #53D987 #5362D9 #D953A5

split-complementary

#D9CA53 #53A5D9 #8753D9

monochromatic

#918520 #C4B32B #D9CA53 #E4D985 #EFE9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#D9CA53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.52

#D9CA53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CA53

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CA53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CA53	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)

#DBC445

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8BDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9ca53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 202, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.139 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d988',
    500: '#d9ca53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9ca53;
$custom-light: #e8d988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9ca53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.284,
    "s": 63.81,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82905,
    "c": 0.13923,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CA53

secondary

#3A4497

accent

#54E741

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CA53

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

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