#D9CE56#D9CE56

#D9CE56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.140 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CE56
RGB	rgb(217, 206, 86)
HSL	hsl(55, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 60.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.60, -10.80, 59.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.60, 60.43, 100.30°)
OKLab	oklab(83.77% -0.0342 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(83.77% 0.14 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.3681, 59.5681, 17.5416)
Luminance	0.5957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CE56 #5661D9

analogous

#D98D56 #D9CE56 #A3D956

triadic

#D9CE56 #56D9CE #CE56D9

tetradic

#D9CE56 #56D98D #5661D9 #D956A3

square

#D9CE56 #56D98D #5661D9 #D956A3

split-complementary

#D9CE56 #56A3D9 #8D56D9

monochromatic

#938A21 #C5B92C #D9CE56 #E4DC88 #EFEBBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#D9CE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.91

#D9CE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CE56

12.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CE56	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)

#DFC748

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C1B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9ce56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 206, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.140 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dc8a',
    500: '#d9ce56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9ce56;
$custom-light: #e8dc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9ce56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.962,
    "s": 63.285,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83769,
    "c": 0.14048,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CE56

secondary

#3B4398

accent

#4FE641

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CE56

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

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