#D9CB43#D9CB43

#D9CB43 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.152 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CB43
RGB	rgb(217, 203, 67)
HSL	hsl(54, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(54, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 69.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.67, -10.40, 66.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.67, 67.03, 98.93°)
OKLab	oklab(82.98% -0.0351 0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(82.98% 0.152 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.9865, 57.8709, 13.7936)
Luminance	0.5787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CB43 #4351D9

analogous

#D98043 #D9CB43 #9CD943

triadic

#D9CB43 #43D9CB #CB43D9

tetradic

#D9CB43 #43D980 #4351D9 #D9439C

square

#D9CB43 #43D980 #4351D9 #D9439C

split-complementary

#D9CB43 #439CD9 #8043D9

monochromatic

#867C1B #B9AC25 #D9CB43 #E3D976 #EEE7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#D9CB43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.57

#D9CB43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CB43

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CB43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CB43	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)

#DDC42E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BDB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9cb43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 203, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.152 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8da7f',
    500: '#d9cb43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9cb43;
$custom-light: #e8da7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9cb43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.4,
    "s": 66.372,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82977,
    "c": 0.15177,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CB43

secondary

#333C8D

accent

#4EE93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CB43

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

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