#D9CE55#D9CE55

#D9CE55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.141 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CE55
RGB	rgb(217, 206, 85)
HSL	hsl(55, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 60.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.59, -10.87, 59.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.59, 60.86, 100.29°)
OKLab	oklab(83.76% -0.0345 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(83.76% 0.141 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.3281, 59.5521, 17.3309)
Luminance	0.5955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CE55 #5560D9

analogous

#D98C55 #D9CE55 #A2D955

triadic

#D9CE55 #55D9CE #CE55D9

tetradic

#D9CE55 #55D98C #5560D9 #D955A2

square

#D9CE55 #55D98C #5560D9 #D955A2

split-complementary

#D9CE55 #55A2D9 #8C55D9

monochromatic

#938921 #C5B82C #D9CE55 #E4DC87 #EFEBB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#D9CE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.91

#D9CE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CE55

12.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CE55	1.00	1.63	12.91	12.91
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC747

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C1B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9ce55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 206, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.141 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dc8a',
    500: '#d9ce55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9ce55;
$custom-light: #e8dc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9ce55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 63.462,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83759,
    "c": 0.14129,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CE55

secondary

#3A4298

accent

#4FE641

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CE55

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

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