#D9CA61#D9CA61

#D9CA61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.127 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CA61
RGB	rgb(217, 202, 97)
HSL	hsl(53, 61%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(53, 55%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 55.3%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.66, -7.97, 53.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.66, 54.05, 98.48°)
OKLab	oklab(83.05% -0.0249 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(83.05% 0.127 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.8952, 57.8578, 19.7410)
Luminance	0.5786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CA61 #6170D9

analogous

#D98E61 #D9CA61 #ACD961

triadic

#D9CA61 #61D9CA #CA61D9

tetradic

#D9CA61 #61D98E #6170D9 #D961AC

square

#D9CA61 #61D98E #6170D9 #D961AC

split-complementary

#D9CA61 #61ACD9 #8E61D9

monochromatic

#9A8C25 #CCB831 #D9CA61 #E5DB92 #F1EBC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#D9CA61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.57

#D9CA61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CA61

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CA61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CA61	1.00	1.67	12.57	12.57
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC557

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8BEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9ca61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 202, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.127 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d991',
    500: '#d9ca61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9ca61;
$custom-light: #e7d991;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9ca61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 61.224,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83053,
    "c": 0.12721,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CA61

secondary

#3F4B9F

accent

#32C91D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CA61

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

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