#D9CD56#D9CD56

#D9CD56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.140 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CD56
RGB	rgb(217, 205, 86)
HSL	hsl(55, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 60.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.34, -10.29, 59.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.34, 60.06, 99.87°)
OKLab	oklab(83.56% -0.0327 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(83.56% 0.14 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.1282, 59.0882, 17.4616)
Luminance	0.5909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CD56 #5662D9

analogous

#D98C56 #D9CD56 #A4D956

triadic

#D9CD56 #56D9CD #CD56D9

tetradic

#D9CD56 #56D98C #5662D9 #D956A4

square

#D9CD56 #56D98C #5662D9 #D956A4

split-complementary

#D9CD56 #56A4D9 #8C56D9

monochromatic

#938921 #C5B72C #D9CD56 #E4DC88 #EFEBBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#D9CD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.82

#D9CD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CD56

12.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CD56	1.00	1.64	12.82	12.82
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC749

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9cd56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 205, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.140 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dc8a',
    500: '#d9cd56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9cd56;
$custom-light: #e8dc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9cd56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.504,
    "s": 63.285,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8356,
    "c": 0.13954,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CD56

secondary

#3B4398

accent

#51E641

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CD56

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

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