#D9CD53#D9CD53

#D9CD53 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.142 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CD53
RGB	rgb(217, 205, 83)
HSL	hsl(55, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 61.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.31, -10.49, 60.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.31, 61.34, 99.85°)
OKLab	oklab(83.53% -0.0336 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(83.53% 0.142 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.0098, 59.0408, 16.8383)
Luminance	0.5904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CD53 #535FD9

analogous

#D98A53 #D9CD53 #A2D953

triadic

#D9CD53 #53D9CD #CD53D9

tetradic

#D9CD53 #53D98A #535FD9 #D953A2

square

#D9CD53 #53D98A #535FD9 #D953A2

split-complementary

#D9CD53 #53A2D9 #8A53D9

monochromatic

#918720 #C4B62B #D9CD53 #E4DC85 #EFEAB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#D9CD53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.81

#D9CD53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CD53

12.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CD53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CD53	1.00	1.64	12.81	12.81
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC745

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9cd53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 205, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.142 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dc88',
    500: '#d9cd53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9cd53;
$custom-light: #e8dc88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9cd53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.627,
    "s": 63.81,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83531,
    "c": 0.14196,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CD53

secondary

#3A4297

accent

#50E741

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CD53

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

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