#D9CE53#D9CE53

#D9CE53 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.143 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CE53
RGB	rgb(217, 206, 83)
HSL	hsl(55, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 61.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.58, -11.00, 60.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.58, 61.70, 100.27°)
OKLab	oklab(83.74% -0.0351 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(83.74% 0.143 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.2498, 59.5208, 16.9183)
Luminance	0.5952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CE53 #535ED9

analogous

#D98B53 #D9CE53 #A1D953

triadic

#D9CE53 #53D9CE #CE53D9

tetradic

#D9CE53 #53D98B #535ED9 #D953A1

square

#D9CE53 #53D98B #535ED9 #D953A1

split-complementary

#D9CE53 #53A1D9 #8B53D9

monochromatic

#918820 #C4B72B #D9CE53 #E4DC85 #EFEBB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#D9CE53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.90

#D9CE53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CE53

12.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CE53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CE53	1.00	1.63	12.90	12.90
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC744

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C1B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9ce53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 206, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.143 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dc88',
    500: '#d9ce53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9ce53;
$custom-light: #e8dc88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9ce53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.075,
    "s": 63.81,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8374,
    "c": 0.14289,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CE53

secondary

#3A4197

accent

#4FE741

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CE53

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

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