#D9CC53#D9CC53

#D9CC53 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.141 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CC53
RGB	rgb(217, 204, 83)
HSL	hsl(54, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(54, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 61.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.05, -9.99, 60.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.05, 60.97, 99.43°)
OKLab	oklab(83.32% -0.0322 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(83.32% 0.141 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.7714, 58.5639, 16.7588)
Luminance	0.5856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CC53 #5360D9

analogous

#D98953 #D9CC53 #A3D953

triadic

#D9CC53 #53D9CC #CC53D9

tetradic

#D9CC53 #53D989 #5360D9 #D953A3

square

#D9CC53 #53D989 #5360D9 #D953A3

split-complementary

#D9CC53 #53A3D9 #8953D9

monochromatic

#918620 #C4B52B #D9CC53 #E4DB85 #EFEAB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#D9CC53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.71

#D9CC53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CC53

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CC53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CC53	1.00	1.65	12.71	12.71
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC645

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8BFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9cc53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 204, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.141 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8db88',
    500: '#d9cc53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9cc53;
$custom-light: #e8db88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9cc53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.179,
    "s": 63.81,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83322,
    "c": 0.14104,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CC53

secondary

#3A4397

accent

#51E741

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CC53

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

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