#D9CD61#D9CD61

#D9CD61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.130 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CD61
RGB	rgb(217, 205, 97)
HSL	hsl(54, 61%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(54, 55%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 55.3%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.44, -9.50, 54.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.44, 55.18, 99.91°)
OKLab	oklab(83.68% -0.0292 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(83.68% 0.13 103)
XYZ	xyz(52.6060, 59.2793, 19.9779)
Luminance	0.5928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CD61 #616DD9

analogous

#D99161 #D9CD61 #A9D961

triadic

#D9CD61 #61D9CD #CD61D9

tetradic

#D9CD61 #61D991 #616DD9 #D961A9

square

#D9CD61 #61D991 #616DD9 #D961A9

split-complementary

#D9CD61 #61A9D9 #9161D9

monochromatic

#9A8F25 #CCBC31 #D9CD61 #E5DD92 #F1ECC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#D9CD61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.86

#D9CD61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CD61

12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CD61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CD61	1.00	1.63	12.86	12.86
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC756

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CD66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7C1B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9cd61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 205, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.130 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7dc91',
    500: '#d9cd61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9cd61;
$custom-light: #e7dc91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9cd61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 61.224,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83677,
    "c": 0.13004,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.59277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CD61

secondary

#3F499F

accent

#2EC91D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CD61

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

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