#D9CD5E#D9CD5E

#D9CD5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.133 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CD5E
RGB	rgb(217, 205, 94)
HSL	hsl(54, 62%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(54, 57%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 56.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.41, -9.73, 55.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.41, 56.54, 99.91°)
OKLab	oklab(83.64% -0.0302 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(83.64% 0.133 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.4687, 59.2244, 19.2551)
Luminance	0.5922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CD5E #5E6AD9

analogous

#D98F5E #D9CD5E #A7D95E

triadic

#D9CD5E #5ED9CD #CD5ED9

tetradic

#D9CD5E #5ED98F #5E6AD9 #D95EA7

square

#D9CD5E #5ED98F #5E6AD9 #D95EA7

split-complementary

#D9CD5E #5EA7D9 #8F5ED9

monochromatic

#998D24 #CABB30 #D9CD5E #E5DC90 #F0ECC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#D9CD5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.84

#D9CD5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CD5E

12.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CD5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CD5E	1.00	1.63	12.84	12.84
#FFFFFF	1.63	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)

#DDC753

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CD64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C1B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9cd5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 205, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.133 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7dc8f',
    500: '#d9cd5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9cd5e;
$custom-light: #e7dc8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9cd5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.146,
    "s": 61.809,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83643,
    "c": 0.13273,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CD5E

secondary

#3E479D

accent

#2DCA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CD5E

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

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