#D9CC5A#D9CC5A

#D9CC5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.135 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CC5A
RGB	rgb(217, 204, 90)
HSL	hsl(54, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(54, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 58.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.11, -9.51, 57.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.11, 57.94, 99.45°)
OKLab	oklab(83.39% -0.03 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(83.39% 0.135 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.0554, 58.6775, 18.2547)
Luminance	0.5868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CC5A #5A67D9

analogous

#D98C5A #D9CC5A #A7D95A

triadic

#D9CC5A #5AD9CC #CC5AD9

tetradic

#D9CC5A #5AD98C #5A67D9 #D95AA7

square

#D9CC5A #5AD98C #5A67D9 #D95AA7

split-complementary

#D9CC5A #5AA7D9 #8C5AD9

monochromatic

#968A23 #C8B82E #D9CC5A #E4DB8C #F0EBBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#D9CC5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.74

#D9CC5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CC5A

12.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CC5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CC5A	1.00	1.65	12.74	12.74
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC64E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8BFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9cc5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 204, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.135 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7db8d',
    500: '#d9cc5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9cc5a;
$custom-light: #e7db8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9cc5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.858,
    "s": 62.562,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83392,
    "c": 0.13526,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CC5A

secondary

#3C469B

accent

#2DCA1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CC5A

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

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