#D9CB41#D9CB41

#D9CB41 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.153 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CB41
RGB	rgb(217, 203, 65)
HSL	hsl(54, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(54, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 70%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.65, -10.50, 66.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.65, 67.78, 98.92°)
OKLab	oklab(82.96% -0.0356 0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(82.96% 0.153 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.9275, 57.8473, 13.4831)
Luminance	0.5785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CB41 #414FD9

analogous

#D97F41 #D9CB41 #9BD941

triadic

#D9CB41 #41D9CB #CB41D9

tetradic

#D9CB41 #41D97F #414FD9 #D9419B

square

#D9CB41 #41D97F #414FD9 #D9419B

split-complementary

#D9CB41 #419BD9 #7F41D9

monochromatic

#857B1B #B8AA25 #D9CB41 #E3D974 #EDE7A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#D9CB41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.57

#D9CB41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CB41

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CB41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CB41	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)

#DDC42B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CB4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BDB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9cb41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 203, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.153 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8da7e',
    500: '#d9cb41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9cb41;
$custom-light: #e8da7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9cb41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.474,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82963,
    "c": 0.15306,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CB41

secondary

#333B8B

accent

#4EEA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CB41

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

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