#D9CD50#D9CD50

#D9CD50 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.144 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CD50
RGB	rgb(217, 205, 80)
HSL	hsl(55, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 63.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.29, -10.68, 61.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.29, 62.59, 99.83°)
OKLab	oklab(83.5% -0.0345 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(83.5% 0.144 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.8965, 58.9955, 16.2415)
Luminance	0.5899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CD50 #505CD9

analogous

#D98950 #D9CD50 #A0D950

triadic

#D9CD50 #50D9CD #CD50D9

tetradic

#D9CD50 #50D989 #505CD9 #D950A0

square

#D9CD50 #50D989 #505CD9 #D950A0

split-complementary

#D9CD50 #50A0D9 #8950D9

monochromatic

#8F861F #C2B42A #D9CD50 #E4DB82 #EFEAB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#D9CD50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.80

#D9CD50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CD50

12.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CD50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CD50	1.00	1.64	12.80	12.80
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC641

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9cd50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 205, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.144 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dc87',
    500: '#d9cd50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9cd50;
$custom-light: #e8dc87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9cd50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.745,
    "s": 64.319,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83503,
    "c": 0.1443,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CD50

secondary

#384095

accent

#4FE740

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CD50

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

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