#D9CC5E#D9CC5E

#D9CC5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.132 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CC5E
RGB	rgb(217, 204, 94)
HSL	hsl(54, 62%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(54, 57%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 56.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.15, -9.22, 55.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.15, 56.16, 99.45°)
OKLab	oklab(83.44% -0.0288 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(83.44% 0.132 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.2303, 58.7475, 19.1756)
Luminance	0.5875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CC5E #5E6BD9

analogous

#D98E5E #D9CC5E #A8D95E

triadic

#D9CC5E #5ED9CC #CC5ED9

tetradic

#D9CC5E #5ED98E #5E6BD9 #D95EA8

square

#D9CC5E #5ED98E #5E6BD9 #D95EA8

split-complementary

#D9CC5E #5EA8D9 #8E5ED9

monochromatic

#998C24 #CABA30 #D9CC5E #E5DC90 #F0EBC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#D9CC5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.75

#D9CC5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CC5E

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CC5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CC5E	1.00	1.65	12.75	12.75
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC653

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9cc5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 204, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.132 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7db8f',
    500: '#d9cc5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9cc5e;
$custom-light: #e7db8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9cc5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.659,
    "s": 61.809,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83435,
    "c": 0.13178,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CC5E

secondary

#3E489D

accent

#2ECA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CC5E

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

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