#D9CE50#D9CE50

#D9CE50 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.145 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CE50
RGB	rgb(217, 206, 80)
HSL	hsl(55, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 63.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.55, -11.19, 61.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.55, 62.95, 100.24°)
OKLab	oklab(83.71% -0.0359 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(83.71% 0.145 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.1365, 59.4754, 16.3215)
Luminance	0.5947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CE50 #505BD9

analogous

#D98950 #D9CE50 #A0D950

triadic

#D9CE50 #50D9CE #CE50D9

tetradic

#D9CE50 #50D989 #505BD9 #D950A0

square

#D9CE50 #50D989 #505BD9 #D950A0

split-complementary

#D9CE50 #50A0D9 #8950D9

monochromatic

#8F861F #C2B62A #D9CE50 #E4DC82 #EFEAB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#D9CE50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.89

#D9CE50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CE50

12.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CE50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CE50	1.00	1.63	12.89	12.89
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC740

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C1B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9ce50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 206, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.145 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dc87',
    500: '#d9ce50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9ce50;
$custom-light: #e8dc87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9ce50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.182,
    "s": 64.319,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83712,
    "c": 0.14522,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CE50

secondary

#384095

accent

#4EE740

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CE50

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

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