#D9CD57#D9CD57

#D9CD57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.139 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CD57
RGB	rgb(217, 205, 87)
HSL	hsl(54, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(54, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 59.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.35, -10.23, 58.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.35, 59.62, 99.88°)
OKLab	oklab(83.57% -0.0324 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(83.57% 0.139 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.1688, 59.1044, 17.6753)
Luminance	0.5910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CD57 #5763D9

analogous

#D98C57 #D9CD57 #A4D957

triadic

#D9CD57 #57D9CD #CD57D9

tetradic

#D9CD57 #57D98C #5763D9 #D957A4

square

#D9CD57 #57D98C #5763D9 #D957A4

split-complementary

#D9CD57 #57A4D9 #8C57D9

monochromatic

#948A21 #C6B82D #D9CD57 #E4DC89 #F0EBBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#D9CD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.82

#D9CD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CD57

12.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CD57	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)

#DEC74A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9cd57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 205, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.139 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dc8b',
    500: '#d9cd57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9cd57;
$custom-light: #e8dc8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9cd57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.462,
    "s": 63.107,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8357,
    "c": 0.13871,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CD57

secondary

#3B4499

accent

#51E642

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CD57

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

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