#D9CD5C#D9CD5C

#D9CD5C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.134 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CD5C
RGB	rgb(217, 205, 92)
HSL	hsl(54, 62%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(54, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 57.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.40, -9.87, 56.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.40, 57.43, 99.90°)
OKLab	oklab(83.62% -0.0309 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(83.62% 0.134 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.3801, 59.1889, 18.7886)
Luminance	0.5919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CD5C #5C68D9

analogous

#D98E5C #D9CD5C #A6D95C

triadic

#D9CD5C #5CD9CD #CD5CD9

tetradic

#D9CD5C #5CD98E #5C68D9 #D95CA6

square

#D9CD5C #5CD98E #5C68D9 #D95CA6

split-complementary

#D9CD5C #5CA6D9 #8E5CD9

monochromatic

#978C23 #C9BA2F #D9CD5C #E5DC8E #F0EBBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#D9CD5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.84

#D9CD5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CD5C

12.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CD5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CD5C	1.00	1.64	12.84	12.84
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC750

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CD62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9cd5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 205, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.134 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7dc8e',
    500: '#d9cd5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9cd5c;
$custom-light: #e7dc8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9cd5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.24,
    "s": 62.189,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83621,
    "c": 0.13447,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CD5C

secondary

#3D469C

accent

#2CCA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CD5C

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

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