#D9CA55#D9CA55

#D9CA55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.138 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CA55
RGB	rgb(217, 202, 85)
HSL	hsl(53, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(53, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 60.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.54, -8.84, 58.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.54, 59.39, 98.56°)
OKLab	oklab(82.93% -0.0287 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(82.93% 0.138 102)
XYZ	xyz(51.3774, 57.6507, 17.0140)
Luminance	0.5765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CA55 #5564D9

analogous

#D98855 #D9CA55 #A6D955

triadic

#D9CA55 #55D9CA #CA55D9

tetradic

#D9CA55 #55D988 #5564D9 #D955A6

square

#D9CA55 #55D988 #5564D9 #D955A6

split-complementary

#D9CA55 #55A6D9 #8855D9

monochromatic

#938621 #C5B32C #D9CA55 #E4DA87 #EFE9B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#D9CA55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.53

#D9CA55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CA55

12.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CA55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CA55	1.00	1.68	12.53	12.53
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC448

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8BDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9ca55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 202, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.138 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d989',
    500: '#d9ca55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9ca55;
$custom-light: #e8d989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9ca55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.182,
    "s": 63.462,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82925,
    "c": 0.1376,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.57649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CA55

secondary

#3A4598

accent

#54E641

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CA55

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

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