#D9CA5E#D9CA5E

#D9CA5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.130 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CA5E
RGB	rgb(217, 202, 94)
HSL	hsl(53, 62%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(53, 57%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 56.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.63, -8.20, 54.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.63, 55.41, 98.51°)
OKLab	oklab(83.02% -0.0258 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(83.02% 0.13 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.7580, 57.8029, 19.0182)
Luminance	0.5780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CA5E #5E6DD9

analogous

#D98C5E #D9CA5E #AAD95E

triadic

#D9CA5E #5ED9CA #CA5ED9

tetradic

#D9CA5E #5ED98C #5E6DD9 #D95EAA

square

#D9CA5E #5ED98C #5E6DD9 #D95EAA

split-complementary

#D9CA5E #5EAAD9 #8C5ED9

monochromatic

#998A24 #CAB730 #D9CA5E #E5DA90 #F0EBC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#D9CA5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.56

#D9CA5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CA5E

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CA5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CA5E	1.00	1.67	12.56	12.56
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC453

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9ca5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 202, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.130 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d98f',
    500: '#d9ca5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9ca5e;
$custom-light: #e7d98f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9ca5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.683,
    "s": 61.809,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83019,
    "c": 0.12992,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CA5E

secondary

#3E4A9D

accent

#31CA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CA5E

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

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