#D9CA59#D9CA59

#D9CA59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.134 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CA59
RGB	rgb(217, 202, 89)
HSL	hsl(53, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(53, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 59%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.58, -8.56, 57.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.58, 57.65, 98.54°)
OKLab	oklab(82.97% -0.0274 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(82.97% 0.134 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.5409, 57.7160, 17.8746)
Luminance	0.5771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CA59 #5968D9

analogous

#D98A59 #D9CA59 #A8D959

triadic

#D9CA59 #59D9CA #CA59D9

tetradic

#D9CA59 #59D98A #5968D9 #D959A8

square

#D9CA59 #59D98A #5968D9 #D959A8

split-complementary

#D9CA59 #59A8D9 #8A59D9

monochromatic

#958822 #C7B52E #D9CA59 #E4DA8B #F0EABD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#D9CA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.54

#D9CA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CA59

12.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CA59	1.00	1.67	12.54	12.54
#FFFFFF	1.67	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)

#DBC44D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8BDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9ca59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 202, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.134 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d98c',
    500: '#d9ca59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9ca59;
$custom-light: #e8d98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9ca59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.969,
    "s": 62.745,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82965,
    "c": 0.13428,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CA59

secondary

#3C479A

accent

#55E642

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CA59

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

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