#D9CD54#D9CD54

#D9CD54 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.141 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CD54
RGB	rgb(217, 205, 84)
HSL	hsl(55, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 61.3%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.32, -10.43, 60.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.32, 60.91, 99.86°)
OKLab	oklab(83.54% -0.0333 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(83.54% 0.141 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.0487, 59.0564, 17.0431)
Luminance	0.5905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CD54 #5460D9

analogous

#D98B54 #D9CD54 #A3D954

triadic

#D9CD54 #54D9CD #CD54D9

tetradic

#D9CD54 #54D98B #5460D9 #D954A3

square

#D9CD54 #54D98B #5460D9 #D954A3

split-complementary

#D9CD54 #54A3D9 #8B54D9

monochromatic

#928820 #C4B62C #D9CD54 #E4DC86 #EFEAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#D9CD54 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.81

#D9CD54 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CD54

12.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CD54	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CD54	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)

#DEC746

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9cd54;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 205, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.141 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dc89',
    500: '#d9cd54',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9cd54;
$custom-light: #e8dc89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9cd54",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.586,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8354,
    "c": 0.14116,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CD54

secondary

#3A4297

accent

#50E741

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CD54

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

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