#D9CC50#D9CC50

#D9CC50 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.143 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CC50
RGB	rgb(217, 204, 80)
HSL	hsl(54, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(54, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 63.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.03, -10.18, 61.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.03, 62.23, 99.41°)
OKLab	oklab(83.29% -0.0331 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(83.29% 0.143 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.6581, 58.5186, 16.1620)
Luminance	0.5852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CC50 #505DD9

analogous

#D98850 #D9CC50 #A1D950

triadic

#D9CC50 #50D9CC #CC50D9

tetradic

#D9CC50 #50D988 #505DD9 #D950A1

square

#D9CC50 #50D988 #505DD9 #D950A1

split-complementary

#D9CC50 #50A1D9 #8850D9

monochromatic

#8F851F #C2B32A #D9CC50 #E4DB82 #EFE9B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#D9CC50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.70

#D9CC50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CC50

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CC50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CC50	1.00	1.65	12.70	12.70
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC641

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8BFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9cc50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 204, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.143 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8db87',
    500: '#d9cc50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9cc50;
$custom-light: #e8db87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9cc50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.307,
    "s": 64.319,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83294,
    "c": 0.14338,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CC50

secondary

#384195

accent

#50E740

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CC50

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

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