#D9CB40#D9CB40

#D9CB40 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.154 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CB40
RGB	rgb(217, 203, 64)
HSL	hsl(55, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(55, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 70.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.65, -10.55, 67.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.65, 68.14, 98.91°)
OKLab	oklab(82.96% -0.0358 0.1495)
OKLCH	oklch(82.96% 0.154 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.8988, 57.8358, 13.3318)
Luminance	0.5783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CB40 #404ED9

analogous

#D97F40 #D9CB40 #9AD940

triadic

#D9CB40 #40D9CB #CB40D9

tetradic

#D9CB40 #40D97F #404ED9 #D9409A

square

#D9CB40 #40D97F #404ED9 #D9409A

split-complementary

#D9CB40 #409AD9 #7F40D9

monochromatic

#847B1A #B7AA24 #D9CB40 #E3D973 #EDE7A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#D9CB40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.57

#D9CB40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CB40

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CB40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CB40	1.00	1.67	12.57	12.57
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC429

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CB49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BDB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9cb40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 203, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.154 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8da7d',
    500: '#d9cb40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9cb40;
$custom-light: #e8da7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9cb40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.51,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82956,
    "c": 0.15369,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CB40

secondary

#323A8B

accent

#4EEA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CB40

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

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