#D9CB44#D9CB44

#D9CB44 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.151 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#D9CB44
RGBrgb(217, 203, 68)
HSLhsl(54, 66%, 56%)
HSVhsv(54, 69%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 6.5%, 68.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(80.67, -10.35, 65.85)
CIE-LCHlch(80.67, 66.66, 98.93°)
OKLaboklab(82.99% -0.0348 0.147)
OKLCHoklch(82.99% 0.151 103.3)
XYZxyz(51.0167, 57.8830, 13.9530)
Luminance0.5788 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#D9CB44 #4452D9
analogous
#D98044 #D9CB44 #9DD944
triadic
#D9CB44 #44D9CB #CB44D9
tetradic
#D9CB44 #44D980 #4452D9 #D9449D
square
#D9CB44 #44D980 #4452D9 #D9449D
split-complementary
#D9CB44 #449DD9 #8044D9
monochromatic
#877D1B #BAAC26 #D9CB44 #E3D977 #EEE7AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67
#D9CB44 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.58
#D9CB44 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CB44
12.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##D9CB44#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##D9CB441.001.6712.5812.58
#FFFFFF1.671.0021.0021.00
#00000012.5821.001.001.00
##00000012.5821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#DDC430
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E1CB4D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#E9BDB0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #d9cb44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 203, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.151 103.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8da80',
    500: '#d9cb44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #d9cb44;
$custom-light: #e8da80;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#d9cb44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.362,
    "s": 66.222,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82985,
    "c": 0.15111,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#D9CB44
secondary
#343C8D
accent
#4FE93F
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FEFBF2
border
#D6D4CC
text
#17140B
muted
#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CB44

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#D9CB44 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva