#D9CC59#D9CC59

#D9CC59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.136 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CC59
RGB	rgb(217, 204, 89)
HSL	hsl(54, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(54, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 59%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.10, -9.58, 57.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.10, 58.38, 99.45°)
OKLab	oklab(83.38% -0.0304 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(83.38% 0.136 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.0132, 58.6606, 18.0321)
Luminance	0.5866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CC59 #5966D9

analogous

#D98C59 #D9CC59 #A6D959

triadic

#D9CC59 #59D9CC #CC59D9

tetradic

#D9CC59 #59D98C #5966D9 #D959A6

square

#D9CC59 #59D98C #5966D9 #D959A6

split-complementary

#D9CC59 #59A6D9 #8C59D9

monochromatic

#958A22 #C7B82E #D9CC59 #E4DB8B #F0EBBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#D9CC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.73

#D9CC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CC59

12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CC59	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)

#DDC64D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8BFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9cc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 204, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.136 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8db8c',
    500: '#d9cc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9cc59;
$custom-light: #e8db8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9cc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.906,
    "s": 62.745,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83381,
    "c": 0.13611,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CC59

secondary

#3C469A

accent

#53E642

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CC59

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

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