#D9CA5A#D9CA5A

#D9CA5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.133 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CA5A
RGB	rgb(217, 202, 90)
HSL	hsl(53, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(53, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 58.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.59, -8.49, 56.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.59, 57.21, 98.54°)
OKLab	oklab(82.98% -0.0271 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(82.98% 0.133 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.5831, 57.7329, 18.0973)
Luminance	0.5773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CA5A #5A69D9

analogous

#D98A5A #D9CA5A #A9D95A

triadic

#D9CA5A #5AD9CA #CA5AD9

tetradic

#D9CA5A #5AD98A #5A69D9 #D95AA9

square

#D9CA5A #5AD98A #5A69D9 #D95AA9

split-complementary

#D9CA5A #5AA9D9 #8A5AD9

monochromatic

#968823 #C8B62E #D9CA5A #E4DA8C #F0EABD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#D9CA5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.55

#D9CA5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CA5A

12.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CA5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CA5A	1.00	1.67	12.55	12.55
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC44E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9ca5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 202, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.133 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d98d',
    500: '#d9ca5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9ca5a;
$custom-light: #e7d98d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9ca5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.913,
    "s": 62.562,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82976,
    "c": 0.13342,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CA5A

secondary

#3C489B

accent

#30CA1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CA5A

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

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