#D9CC56#D9CC56

#D9CC56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.139 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CC56
RGB	rgb(217, 204, 86)
HSL	hsl(54, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(54, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 60.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.08, -9.79, 58.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.08, 59.69, 99.44°)
OKLab	oklab(83.35% -0.0313 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(83.35% 0.139 103)
XYZ	xyz(51.8897, 58.6113, 17.3821)
Luminance	0.5861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CC56 #5663D9

analogous

#D98B56 #D9CC56 #A5D956

triadic

#D9CC56 #56D9CC #CC56D9

tetradic

#D9CC56 #56D98B #5663D9 #D956A5

square

#D9CC56 #56D98B #5663D9 #D956A5

split-complementary

#D9CC56 #56A5D9 #8B56D9

monochromatic

#938821 #C5B62C #D9CC56 #E4DB88 #EFEABA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#D9CC56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.72

#D9CC56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CC56

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CC56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CC56	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)

#DDC649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8BFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9cc56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 204, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.139 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8db8a',
    500: '#d9cc56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9cc56;
$custom-light: #e8db8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9cc56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.046,
    "s": 63.285,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83351,
    "c": 0.13861,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.58609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CC56

secondary

#3B4498

accent

#52E641

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CC56

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

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