#D9CF56#D9CF56

#D9CF56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.141 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CF56
RGB	rgb(217, 207, 86)
HSL	hsl(55, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 60.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.87, -11.31, 59.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.87, 60.80, 100.72°)
OKLab	oklab(83.98% -0.0356 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(83.98% 0.141 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.6096, 60.0511, 17.6221)
Luminance	0.6005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CF56 #5660D9

analogous

#D98E56 #D9CF56 #A2D956

triadic

#D9CF56 #56D9CF #CF56D9

tetradic

#D9CF56 #56D98E #5660D9 #D956A2

square

#D9CF56 #56D98E #5660D9 #D956A2

split-complementary

#D9CF56 #56A2D9 #8E56D9

monochromatic

#938B21 #C5BA2C #D9CF56 #E4DD88 #EFEBBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#D9CF56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.01

#D9CF56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CF56

13.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CF56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CF56	1.00	1.61	13.01	13.01
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C848

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C2B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9cf56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 207, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.141 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dd8a',
    500: '#d9cf56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9cf56;
$custom-light: #e8dd8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9cf56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.42,
    "s": 63.285,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83978,
    "c": 0.14143,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.60049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CF56

secondary

#3B4298

accent

#4EE641

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CF56

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

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