#D9CD65#D9CD65

#D9CD65 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.126 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CD65
RGB	rgb(217, 205, 101)
HSL	hsl(54, 60%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(54, 53%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 53.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.49, -9.18, 52.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.49, 53.35, 99.91°)
OKLab	oklab(83.72% -0.0279 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(83.72% 0.126 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.7972, 59.3558, 20.9851)
Luminance	0.5935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CD65 #6571D9

analogous

#D99365 #D9CD65 #ABD965

triadic

#D9CD65 #65D9CD #CD65D9

tetradic

#D9CD65 #65D993 #6571D9 #D965AB

square

#D9CD65 #65D993 #6571D9 #D965AB

split-complementary

#D9CD65 #65ABD9 #9365D9

monochromatic

#9D9127 #CDBD34 #D9CD65 #E5DD96 #F1EDC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#D9CD65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.87

#D9CD65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CD65

12.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CD65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CD65	1.00	1.63	12.87	12.87
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC75B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CD6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7C1B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9cd65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 205, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.126 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7dc94',
    500: '#d9cd65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9cd65;
$custom-light: #e7dc94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9cd65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.793,
    "s": 60.417,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83723,
    "c": 0.12635,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CD65

secondary

#414BA1

accent

#2FC81D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CD65

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

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