#D9CE5A#D9CE5A

#D9CE5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.137 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CE5A
RGB	rgb(217, 206, 90)
HSL	hsl(55, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(55, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 58.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.64, -10.52, 57.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.64, 58.69, 100.33°)
OKLab	oklab(83.81% -0.0329 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(83.81% 0.137 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.5338, 59.6344, 18.4142)
Luminance	0.5963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CE5A #5A65D9

analogous

#D98E5A #D9CE5A #A5D95A

triadic

#D9CE5A #5AD9CE #CE5AD9

tetradic

#D9CE5A #5AD98E #5A65D9 #D95AA5

square

#D9CE5A #5AD98E #5A65D9 #D95AA5

split-complementary

#D9CE5A #5AA5D9 #8E5AD9

monochromatic

#968C23 #C8BA2E #D9CE5A #E4DD8C #F0ECBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#D9CE5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.93

#D9CE5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CE5A

12.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CE5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CE5A	1.00	1.62	12.93	12.93
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC84D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CE60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C1B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9ce5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 206, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.137 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7dc8d',
    500: '#d9ce5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9ce5a;
$custom-light: #e7dc8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9ce5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.803,
    "s": 62.562,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83809,
    "c": 0.13714,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CE5A

secondary

#3C459B

accent

#2ACA1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CE5A

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

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