#D9CE57#D9CE57

#D9CE57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.140 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CE57
RGB	rgb(217, 206, 87)
HSL	hsl(55, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 59.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.61, -10.73, 59.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.61, 60.00, 100.30°)
OKLab	oklab(83.78% -0.0339 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(83.78% 0.14 104)
XYZ	xyz(52.4087, 59.5843, 17.7552)
Luminance	0.5958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CE57 #5762D9

analogous

#D98D57 #D9CE57 #A3D957

triadic

#D9CE57 #57D9CE #CE57D9

tetradic

#D9CE57 #57D98D #5762D9 #D957A3

square

#D9CE57 #57D98D #5762D9 #D957A3

split-complementary

#D9CE57 #57A3D9 #8D57D9

monochromatic

#948A21 #C6B92D #D9CE57 #E4DD89 #F0EBBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#D9CE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.92

#D9CE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CE57

12.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CE57	1.00	1.63	12.92	12.92
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC74A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C1B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9ce57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 206, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.140 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dc8b',
    500: '#d9ce57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9ce57;
$custom-light: #e8dc8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9ce57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.923,
    "s": 63.107,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83778,
    "c": 0.13966,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.59582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CE57

secondary

#3B4399

accent

#50E642

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CE57

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

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