#D9CA57#D9CA57

#D9CA57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.136 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CA57
RGB	rgb(217, 202, 87)
HSL	hsl(53, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(53, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 59.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.56, -8.70, 57.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.56, 58.53, 98.55°)
OKLab	oklab(82.95% -0.0281 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(82.95% 0.136 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.4580, 57.6829, 17.4383)
Luminance	0.5768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CA57 #5766D9

analogous

#D98957 #D9CA57 #A7D957

triadic

#D9CA57 #57D9CA #CA57D9

tetradic

#D9CA57 #57D989 #5766D9 #D957A7

square

#D9CA57 #57D989 #5766D9 #D957A7

split-complementary

#D9CA57 #57A7D9 #8957D9

monochromatic

#948721 #C6B42D #D9CA57 #E4DA89 #F0E9BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#D9CA57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.54

#D9CA57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CA57

12.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CA57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CA57	1.00	1.68	12.54	12.54
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC44A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8BDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9ca57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 202, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.136 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d98b',
    500: '#d9ca57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9ca57;
$custom-light: #e8d98b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9ca57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.077,
    "s": 63.107,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82945,
    "c": 0.13596,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CA57

secondary

#3B4699

accent

#55E642

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CA57

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

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