#D9CC57#D9CC57

#D9CC57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.138 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CC57
RGB	rgb(217, 204, 87)
HSL	hsl(54, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(54, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 59.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.09, -9.72, 58.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.09, 59.25, 99.44°)
OKLab	oklab(83.36% -0.031 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(83.36% 0.138 103)
XYZ	xyz(51.9303, 58.6275, 17.5958)
Luminance	0.5863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CC57 #5764D9

analogous

#D98B57 #D9CC57 #A5D957

triadic

#D9CC57 #57D9CC #CC57D9

tetradic

#D9CC57 #57D98B #5764D9 #D957A5

square

#D9CC57 #57D98B #5764D9 #D957A5

split-complementary

#D9CC57 #57A5D9 #8B57D9

monochromatic

#948921 #C6B72D #D9CC57 #E4DB89 #F0EABB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#D9CC57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.73

#D9CC57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CC57

12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CC57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CC57	1.00	1.65	12.73	12.73
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC64A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8BFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9cc57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 204, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.138 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8db8b',
    500: '#d9cc57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9cc57;
$custom-light: #e8db8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9cc57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 63.107,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83361,
    "c": 0.13779,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.58626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CC57

secondary

#3B4599

accent

#52E642

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CC57

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

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