#D9CD58#D9CD58

#D9CD58 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.138 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CD58
RGB	rgb(217, 205, 88)
HSL	hsl(54, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(54, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 59.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.36, -10.16, 58.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.36, 59.19, 99.88°)
OKLab	oklab(83.58% -0.0321 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(83.58% 0.138 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.2099, 59.1208, 17.8919)
Luminance	0.5912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CD58 #5864D9

analogous

#D98D58 #D9CD58 #A4D958

triadic

#D9CD58 #58D9CD #CD58D9

tetradic

#D9CD58 #58D98D #5864D9 #D958A4

square

#D9CD58 #58D98D #5864D9 #D958A4

split-complementary

#D9CD58 #58A4D9 #8D58D9

monochromatic

#958A22 #C7B82D #D9CD58 #E4DC8A #F0EBBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#D9CD58 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.82

#D9CD58 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CD58

12.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CD58	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CD58	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)

#DEC74B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9cd58;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 205, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.138 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dc8b',
    500: '#d9cd58',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9cd58;
$custom-light: #e8dc8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9cd58",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.419,
    "s": 62.927,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8358,
    "c": 0.13788,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CD58

secondary

#3C449A

accent

#51E642

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CD58

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

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