#D9CA56#D9CA56

#D9CA56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.137 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CA56
RGB	rgb(217, 202, 86)
HSL	hsl(53, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(53, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 60.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.55, -8.77, 58.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.55, 58.96, 98.56°)
OKLab	oklab(82.93% -0.0284 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(82.93% 0.137 102)
XYZ	xyz(51.4174, 57.6667, 17.2247)
Luminance	0.5766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CA56 #5665D9

analogous

#D98956 #D9CA56 #A7D956

triadic

#D9CA56 #56D9CA #CA56D9

tetradic

#D9CA56 #56D989 #5665D9 #D956A7

square

#D9CA56 #56D989 #5665D9 #D956A7

split-complementary

#D9CA56 #56A7D9 #8956D9

monochromatic

#938621 #C5B42C #D9CA56 #E4DA88 #EFE9BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#D9CA56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.53

#D9CA56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CA56

12.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CA56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CA56	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)

#DBC449

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8BDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9ca56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 202, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.137 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d98a',
    500: '#d9ca56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9ca56;
$custom-light: #e8d98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9ca56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.13,
    "s": 63.285,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82934,
    "c": 0.13679,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.57665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CA56

secondary

#3B4698

accent

#54E641

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CA56

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

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