#D9CC55#D9CC55

#D9CC55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.139 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CC55
RGB	rgb(217, 204, 85)
HSL	hsl(54, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(54, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 60.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.07, -9.85, 59.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.07, 60.12, 99.43°)
OKLab	oklab(83.34% -0.0316 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(83.34% 0.139 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.8497, 58.5953, 17.1714)
Luminance	0.5859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CC55 #5562D9

analogous

#D98A55 #D9CC55 #A4D955

triadic

#D9CC55 #55D9CC #CC55D9

tetradic

#D9CC55 #55D98A #5562D9 #D955A4

square

#D9CC55 #55D98A #5562D9 #D955A4

split-complementary

#D9CC55 #55A4D9 #8A55D9

monochromatic

#938821 #C5B62C #D9CC55 #E4DB87 #EFEAB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#D9CC55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.72

#D9CC55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CC55

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CC55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CC55	1.00	1.65	12.72	12.72
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC647

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8BFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9cc55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 204, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.139 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8db8a',
    500: '#d9cc55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9cc55;
$custom-light: #e8db8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9cc55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.091,
    "s": 63.462,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83341,
    "c": 0.13943,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CC55

secondary

#3A4498

accent

#52E641

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CC55

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

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