#D9CE5E#D9CE5E

#D9CE5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.134 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CE5E
RGB	rgb(217, 206, 94)
HSL	hsl(55, 62%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(55, 57%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 56.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.68, -10.23, 55.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.68, 56.92, 100.36°)
OKLab	oklab(83.85% -0.0317 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(83.85% 0.134 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.7087, 59.7043, 19.3351)
Luminance	0.5970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CE5E #5E69D9

analogous

#D9905E #D9CE5E #A6D95E

triadic

#D9CE5E #5ED9CE #CE5ED9

tetradic

#D9CE5E #5ED990 #5E69D9 #D95EA6

square

#D9CE5E #5ED990 #5E69D9 #D95EA6

split-complementary

#D9CE5E #5EA6D9 #905ED9

monochromatic

#998E24 #CABC30 #D9CE5E #E5DD90 #F0ECC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#D9CE5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.94

#D9CE5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CE5E

12.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CE5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CE5E	1.00	1.62	12.94	12.94
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC852

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CE64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C2B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9ce5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 206, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.134 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7dc8f',
    500: '#d9ce5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9ce5e;
$custom-light: #e7dc8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9ce5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.634,
    "s": 61.809,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83852,
    "c": 0.13368,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CE5E

secondary

#3E479D

accent

#2BCA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CE5E

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

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